diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/xpc/XPCTransport.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/xpc/XPCTransport.cpp
index dd4bb7028da965..02c1b083701e93 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/xpc/XPCTransport.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/xpc/XPCTransport.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ json::Object encodeError(Error E) {
 }
 
 Error decodeError(const json::Object &O) {
-  std::string Msg = O.getString("message").getValueOr("Unspecified error");
+  std::string Msg =
+      std::string(O.getString("message").getValueOr("Unspecified error"));
   if (auto Code = O.getInteger("code"))
     return make_error<LSPError>(std::move(Msg), ErrorCode(*Code));
   return make_error<StringError>(std::move(Msg), inconvertibleErrorCode());