diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp
index 250dc35f5..36cb28ae0 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ TEST(i2p_address, epee_serializev_b32)
         EXPECT_EQ(std::strlen(b32_i2p), host.size());
 
         host.push_back('k');
-        EXPECT_TRUE(stg.set_value("host", host, stg.open_section("i2p", nullptr, false)));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(stg.set_value("host", std::string{host}, stg.open_section("i2p", nullptr, false)));
         EXPECT_TRUE(command.load(stg)); // poor error reporting from `KV_SERIALIZE`
     }
 
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ TEST(i2p_address, epee_serialize_unknown)
         EXPECT_EQ(std::strlen(net::i2p_address::unknown_str()), host.size());
 
         host.push_back('k');
-        EXPECT_TRUE(stg.set_value("host", host, stg.open_section("i2p", nullptr, false)));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(stg.set_value("host", std::string{host}, stg.open_section("i2p", nullptr, false)));
         EXPECT_TRUE(command.load(stg)); // poor error reporting from `KV_SERIALIZE`
     }