diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
index 4df65b7187..a961a6869b 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ KResult Ext2FS::set_block_allocation_state(BlockIndex block_index, bool new_stat
     return update_bitmap_block(bgd.bg_block_bitmap, bit_index, new_state, m_super_block.s_free_blocks_count, bgd.bg_free_blocks_count);
 }
 
-KResult Ext2FS::create_directory(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, const String& name, mode_t mode, UserID uid, GroupID gid)
+KResult Ext2FS::create_directory(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, StringView name, mode_t mode, UserID uid, GroupID gid)
 {
     MutexLocker locker(m_lock);
     VERIFY(is_directory(mode));
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ KResult Ext2FS::create_directory(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, const String& name,
     return KSuccess;
 }
 
-KResultOr<NonnullRefPtr<Inode>> Ext2FS::create_inode(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, const String& name, mode_t mode, dev_t dev, UserID uid, GroupID gid)
+KResultOr<NonnullRefPtr<Inode>> Ext2FS::create_inode(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, StringView name, mode_t mode, dev_t dev, UserID uid, GroupID gid)
 {
     if (name.length() > EXT2_NAME_LEN)
         return ENAMETOOLONG;
diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
index e116fbbc94..c73b14230e 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ private:
     virtual StringView class_name() const override { return "Ext2FS"sv; }
     virtual Ext2FSInode& root_inode() override;
     RefPtr<Inode> get_inode(InodeIdentifier) const;
-    KResultOr<NonnullRefPtr<Inode>> create_inode(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, const String& name, mode_t, dev_t, UserID, GroupID);
-    KResult create_directory(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, const String& name, mode_t, UserID, GroupID);
+    KResultOr<NonnullRefPtr<Inode>> create_inode(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, StringView name, mode_t, dev_t, UserID, GroupID);
+    KResult create_directory(Ext2FSInode& parent_inode, StringView name, mode_t, UserID, GroupID);
     virtual void flush_writes() override;
 
     BlockIndex first_block_index() const;