diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 2b7cd75ddf..c5b663e74b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ void Emulator::FixGuestTime()
 			// Mark a known savestate location and the one we try to boot (in case we boot a moved/copied savestate)
 			if (g_cfg.savestate.suspend_emu)
 			{
-				for (std::string old_path : std::initializer_list<std::string>{m_ar ? m_path_old : "", m_title_id.empty() ? "" : get_savestate_file(m_title_id, m_path_old, -1)})
+				for (const std::string& old_path : {m_ar ? m_path_old : ""s, m_title_id.empty() ? ""s : get_savestate_file(m_title_id, m_path_old, -1)})
 				{
 					if (old_path.empty())
 					{