diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/memory_string_searcher.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/memory_string_searcher.cpp
index 3cc80a19a0..2241b9fab7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/memory_string_searcher.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/memory_string_searcher.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ memory_string_searcher::memory_string_searcher(QWidget* parent)
 
 void memory_string_searcher::OnSearch()
 {
-	const QString wstr = m_addr_line->text();
-	const char *str = wstr.toStdString().c_str();
+	const std::string wstr = m_addr_line->text().toStdString();
+	const char *str = wstr.c_str();
 	const u32 len = wstr.length();
 
 	gui_log.notice("Searching for string %s", str);