diff --git a/Kernel/PerformanceEventBuffer.cpp b/Kernel/PerformanceEventBuffer.cpp
index d1960e600a..f7c7983e43 100644
--- a/Kernel/PerformanceEventBuffer.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/PerformanceEventBuffer.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void PerformanceEventBuffer::add_process(const Process& process, ProcessEventTyp
 
     [[maybe_unused]] auto rc = append_with_eip_and_ebp(process.pid(), 0, 0, 0,
         event_type == ProcessEventType::Create ? PERF_EVENT_PROCESS_CREATE : PERF_EVENT_PROCESS_EXEC,
-        process.pid().value(), 0, executable.characters());
+        process.pid().value(), 0, executable);
 
     process.for_each_thread([&](auto& thread) {
         [[maybe_unused]] auto rc = append_with_eip_and_ebp(process.pid(), thread.tid().value(),
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void PerformanceEventBuffer::add_process(const Process& process, ProcessEventTyp
 
     for (auto& region : process.space().regions()) {
         [[maybe_unused]] auto rc = append_with_eip_and_ebp(process.pid(), 0,
-            0, 0, PERF_EVENT_MMAP, region->range().base().get(), region->range().size(), region->name().characters());
+            0, 0, PERF_EVENT_MMAP, region->range().base().get(), region->range().size(), region->name());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/mmap.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/mmap.cpp
index 2ceae850ad..07d2b66247 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/mmap.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/mmap.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ KResultOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$mmap(Userspace<const Syscall::SC_mmap_params*> u
 
     if (auto* event_buffer = current_perf_events_buffer()) {
         [[maybe_unused]] auto res = event_buffer->append(PERF_EVENT_MMAP, region->vaddr().get(),
-            region->size(), name.is_null() ? region->name().characters() : name.characters());
+            region->size(), name.is_null() ? region->name() : name);
     }
 
     region->set_mmap(true);