diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.cpp b/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.cpp
index 7c6b9acf8f..fef6d3b151 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void Inode::set_metadata_dirty(bool metadata_dirty)
     }
 }
 
-void Inode::did_add_child(InodeIdentifier, String const& name)
+void Inode::did_add_child(InodeIdentifier, StringView name)
 {
     MutexLocker locker(m_inode_lock);
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void Inode::did_add_child(InodeIdentifier, String const& name)
     }
 }
 
-void Inode::did_remove_child(InodeIdentifier, String const& name)
+void Inode::did_remove_child(InodeIdentifier, StringView name)
 {
     MutexLocker locker(m_inode_lock);
 
diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.h b/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.h
index a502b6dc8b..c773e488c6 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.h
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/Inode.h
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ protected:
     void set_metadata_dirty(bool);
     ErrorOr<void> prepare_to_write_data();
 
-    void did_add_child(InodeIdentifier child_id, String const& name);
-    void did_remove_child(InodeIdentifier child_id, String const& name);
+    void did_add_child(InodeIdentifier child_id, StringView);
+    void did_remove_child(InodeIdentifier child_id, StringView);
     void did_modify_contents();
     void did_delete_self();
 
diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.cpp b/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.cpp
index d4bc588e3b..39bf92e360 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullOwnPtr<KString>> InodeWatcher::pseudo_path(const OpenFileDescript
     return KString::formatted("InodeWatcher:({})", m_wd_to_watches.size());
 }
 
-void InodeWatcher::notify_inode_event(Badge<Inode>, InodeIdentifier inode_id, InodeWatcherEvent::Type event_type, String const& name)
+void InodeWatcher::notify_inode_event(Badge<Inode>, InodeIdentifier inode_id, InodeWatcherEvent::Type event_type, StringView name)
 {
     MutexLocker locker(m_lock);
 
diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.h b/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.h
index 9c3bd0a809..f0ff959baf 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.h
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/InodeWatcher.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <AK/CircularQueue.h>
 #include <AK/HashMap.h>
 #include <AK/NonnullOwnPtr.h>
+#include <AK/String.h>
 #include <Kernel/API/InodeWatcherEvent.h>
 #include <Kernel/FileSystem/File.h>
 #include <Kernel/Forward.h>
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public:
     virtual StringView class_name() const override { return "InodeWatcher"sv; };
     virtual bool is_inode_watcher() const override { return true; }
 
-    void notify_inode_event(Badge<Inode>, InodeIdentifier, InodeWatcherEvent::Type, String const& name = {});
+    void notify_inode_event(Badge<Inode>, InodeIdentifier, InodeWatcherEvent::Type, StringView name = {});
 
     ErrorOr<int> register_inode(Inode&, unsigned event_mask);
     ErrorOr<void> unregister_by_wd(int);