diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx b/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx
index 4b47c6af6..f86542383 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ SmbclientStorage::OpenDirectory(const char *uri_utf8)
 			throw MakeErrno("Failed to open directory");
 	}
 
-	return std::make_unique<SmbclientDirectoryReader>(std::move(mapped.c_str()),
+	return std::make_unique<SmbclientDirectoryReader>(std::move(mapped),
 							  handle);
 }