diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/CodeWindowFunctions.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/CodeWindowFunctions.cpp
index 7ec36131ff..362e617696 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/CodeWindowFunctions.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/CodeWindowFunctions.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void CCodeWindow::OnSymbolsMenu(wxCommandEvent& event)
 
 			if (!path.IsEmpty())
 			{
-				std::ifstream f(WxStrToStr(path));
+				std::ifstream f(WxStrToStr(path).c_str());
 
 				std::string line;
 				while (std::getline(f, line))
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/InputConfigDiag.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/InputConfigDiag.cpp
index 1df215fb1e..14772d8676 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/InputConfigDiag.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/InputConfigDiag.cpp
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ void GamepadPage::DeleteProfile(wxCommandEvent&)
 
 	if (File::Exists(fnamecstr) &&
 			AskYesNoT("Are you sure you want to delete \"%s\"?",
-			WxStrToStr(profile_cbox->GetValue())))
+			WxStrToStr(profile_cbox->GetValue()).c_str()))
 	{
 		File::Delete(fnamecstr);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp
index ee6f815648..6856c96481 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ void Explore(const char *path)
 
 std::string WxStrToStr(const wxString& str)
 {
-	return str.ToUTF8();
+	return str.ToUTF8().data();
 }
 
 wxString StrToWxStr(const std::string& str)
 {
+	//return wxString::FromUTF8Unchecked(str.c_str());
 	return wxString::FromUTF8(str.c_str());
 }