diff --git a/common/src/Utilities/FastFormatString.cpp b/common/src/Utilities/FastFormatString.cpp
index 0eed1374d1..7507536a21 100644
--- a/common/src/Utilities/FastFormatString.cpp
+++ b/common/src/Utilities/FastFormatString.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ FastFormatUnicode& FastFormatUnicode::WriteV( const char* fmt, va_list argptr )
 	const uint inspos = m_Length;
 	const uint convLen = converted.Length();
 	m_dest->MakeRoomFor((inspos + convLen + 64) * sizeof(wxChar));
-	memcpy_fast( &((wxChar*)m_dest->GetPtr())[inspos], converted, (convLen+1)*sizeof(wxChar) );
+	memcpy_fast( &((wxChar*)m_dest->GetPtr())[inspos], converted.wc_str(), (convLen+1)*sizeof(wxChar) );
 	m_Length += convLen;
 
 	return *this;
diff --git a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h
index 3fd510287d..02894dea46 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public:
 
 	HashTools::hash_key_t operator()( const wxString& src ) const
 	{
-		return HashTools::Hash( (const char *)src.Lower().data(), src.length() * sizeof( wxChar ) );
+		return HashTools::Hash( (const char *)src.Lower().wc_str(), src.length() * sizeof( wxChar ) );
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/ConsoleLogger.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/ConsoleLogger.cpp
index 36efbc206c..b115e3cc5e 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/ConsoleLogger.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/ConsoleLogger.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ bool ConsoleLogFrame::Write( ConsoleColors color, const wxString& text )
 
 	int endpos = m_CurQueuePos + text.Length();
 	m_QueueBuffer.MakeRoomFor( endpos + 1 );		// and the null!!
-	memcpy_fast( &m_QueueBuffer[m_CurQueuePos], text.c_str(), sizeof(wxChar) * text.Length() );
+	memcpy_fast( &m_QueueBuffer[m_CurQueuePos], text.wc_str(), sizeof(wxChar) * text.Length() );
 	m_CurQueuePos = endpos;
 
 	// this NULL may be overwritten if the next message sent doesn't perform a color change.