diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/GlobList.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/GlobList.cpp
index 1d5b3a882fa64..4ff9d95111063 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/GlobList.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/GlobList.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static llvm::Regex consumeGlob(StringRef &GlobList) {
     RegexText.push_back(C);
   }
   RegexText.push_back('$');
-  return {RegexText};
+  return {RegexText.str()};
 }
 
 GlobList::GlobList(StringRef Globs, bool KeepNegativeGlobs /* =true */) {