diff --git a/src/app/qgsspatialitesourceselect.cpp b/src/app/qgsspatialitesourceselect.cpp
index 76109206d406..7f1113b17e6b 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsspatialitesourceselect.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsspatialitesourceselect.cpp
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ sqlite3 *QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::openSpatiaLiteDb( const char *path )
   QString errCause;
 
   // trying to open the SQLite DB
-  mSqlitePath = path;
+  mSqlitePath = QString::fromUtf8( path );
 
-  ret = sqlite3_open_v2( path, &handle, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, NULL );
+  ret = sqlite3_open_v2( mSqlitePath.toUtf8().constData(), &handle, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, NULL );
   if ( ret )
   {
     // failure
diff --git a/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.cpp b/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.cpp
index 965a094c0948..e7fc993cc973 100644
--- a/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.cpp
@@ -1365,7 +1365,6 @@ void QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::closeDb()
 
 QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::SqliteHandles * QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::SqliteHandles::openDb( const QString & dbPath )
 {
-  char path[1024];
   sqlite3 *sqlite_handle;
 
   QMap < QString, QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::SqliteHandles * >&handles = QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::SqliteHandles::handles;
@@ -1378,8 +1377,7 @@ QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::SqliteHandles * QgsSpatiaLiteProvider::SqliteHandles::ope
   }
 
   QgsDebugMsg( QString( "New sqlite connection for " ) + dbPath );
-  strcpy( path, dbPath.toUtf8().constData() );
-  if ( sqlite3_open_v2( path, &sqlite_handle, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, NULL ) )
+  if ( sqlite3_open_v2( dbPath.toUtf8().constData(), &sqlite_handle, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, NULL ) )
   {
     // failure