diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp
index 4b0517c3e0..53136743d9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         if (mSaving)
         {
-            std::string_view nameAsStringView = std::basic_string_view(mSaveNameEdit->getCaption().asUTF8().c_str());
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->saveGame(nameAsStringView, mCurrentSlot);
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->saveGame(mSaveNameEdit->getCaption().asUTF8(), mCurrentSlot);
         }
         else
         {