diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.h b/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.h
index eeeb7ae6eb3..c88abdc8cb2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.h
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.h
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ protected:
 		float maxwidth(origwidth);
 		for (Iter it = begin; it != end; ++it)
 		{
-			std::string_view const &line(*it);
+			std::string_view const line(*it);
 			if (!line.empty())
 			{
 				text_layout layout(*ui().get_font(), text_size * m_last_aspect, text_size, 1.0, justify, wrap);
-				layout.add_text(std::string_view(*it), rgb_t::white(), rgb_t::black());
+				layout.add_text(line, rgb_t::white(), rgb_t::black());
 				maxwidth = (std::max)(layout.actual_width(), maxwidth);
 			}
 		}