diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/SysState.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/SysState.cpp
index 26cc5c0968..de1b945f56 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/SysState.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/SysState.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void MemorySavestateEntry::FreezeIn( pxInputStream& reader ) const
 	if (entrySize < expectedSize)
 	{
 		Console.WriteLn( Color_Yellow, " '%s' is incomplete (expected 0x%x bytes, loading only 0x%x bytes)",
-			GetFilename(), expectedSize, entrySize );
+			GetFilename().c_str(), expectedSize, entrySize );
 	}
 
 	uint copylen = std::min(entrySize, expectedSize);
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ protected:
 			if (SavestateEntries[i]->IsRequired())
 			{
 				throwIt = true;
-				Console.WriteLn( Color_Red, " ... not found '%s'!", SavestateEntries[i]->GetFilename() );
+				Console.WriteLn( Color_Red, " ... not found '%s'!", SavestateEntries[i]->GetFilename().c_str() );
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp b/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp
index 99f5cb1256..cbe8b6c4e1 100644
--- a/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/ps2/BiosTools.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static void LoadExtraRom( const wxChar* ext, u8 (&dest)[_size] )
 		// still work fine.
 
 		Console.Warning(L"BIOS Warning: %s could not be read (permission denied?)", ext);
-		Console.Indent().WriteLn(L"Details: %s", ex.FormatDiagnosticMessage());
+		Console.Indent().WriteLn(L"Details: %s", ex.FormatDiagnosticMessage().c_str());
 		Console.Indent().WriteLn(L"File size: %llu", filesize);
 	}
 }