diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h b/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h
index e26536735dc6..5a6f26e7c3e6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h
@@ -155,14 +155,7 @@ class PointerWrap
 		Do(stringLen);
 
 		switch (mode) {
-		case MODE_READ:
-			{
-				wchar_t* tmp = new wchar_t[stringLen / sizeof(wchar_t)];
-				memcpy(tmp, *ptr, stringLen);
-				x = tmp;
-				delete[] tmp;
-			}
-			break;
+		case MODE_READ:		x.assign((wchar_t*)*ptr, stringLen / sizeof(wchar_t)); break;
 		case MODE_WRITE:	memcpy(*ptr, x.c_str(), stringLen); break;
 		case MODE_MEASURE: break;
 		case MODE_VERIFY: _dbg_assert_msg_(COMMON, x == (wchar_t*)*ptr, "Savestate verification failure: \"%ls\" != \"%ls\" (at %p).\n", x.c_str(), (wchar_t*)*ptr, ptr); break;