diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
index ecb44b69..277cd725 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ void Vst3Bridge::run() {
                         .edit_controller->getParamValueByString(
                             request.id,
                             const_cast<Steinberg::Vst::TChar*>(
-                                u16string_to_tchar_pointer(
-                                    request.string.c_str())),
+                                u16string_to_tchar_pointer(request.string)),
                             value_normalized);
 
                 return YaEditController::GetParamValueByStringResponse{