diff --git a/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/cfapiwrapper.cpp b/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/cfapiwrapper.cpp
index 6b765ec3632c7..92ae2bc7161a9 100644
--- a/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/cfapiwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/cfapiwrapper.cpp
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ OCC::Result<void, QString> OCC::CfApiWrapper::registerSyncRoot(const QString &pa
         qCWarning(lcCfApiWrapper) << "Failed to create the registry key for path:" << path;
     }
 
-    const auto p = std::wstring(path.toStdWString().c_str());
-    const auto name = std::wstring(providerName.toStdWString().c_str());
-    const auto version = std::wstring(providerVersion.toStdWString().c_str());
+    const auto p = std::wstring(path.toStdWString().data());
+    const auto name = std::wstring(providerName.toStdWString().data());
+    const auto version = std::wstring(providerVersion.toStdWString().data());
 
     CF_SYNC_REGISTRATION info;
     info.ProviderName = name.data();