diff --git a/Utilities/cheat_info.cpp b/Utilities/cheat_info.cpp
index 7745d26732..e67e103214 100644
--- a/Utilities/cheat_info.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/cheat_info.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void fmt_class_string<cheat_type>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
 
 bool cheat_info::from_str(std::string_view cheat_line)
 {
-	const auto cheat_vec = fmt::split(cheat_line, {"@@@"}, false);
+	auto cheat_vec = fmt::split(cheat_line, {"@@@"}, false);
 
 	s64 val64 = 0;
 	if (cheat_vec.size() != 5 || !try_to_int64(&val64, cheat_vec[2], 0, cheat_type_max - 1))
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ bool cheat_info::from_str(std::string_view cheat_line)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	game        = cheat_vec[0];
-	description = cheat_vec[1];
+	game        = std::move(cheat_vec[0]);
+	description = std::move(cheat_vec[1]);
 	type        = cheat_type{::narrow<u8>(val64)};
 	offset      = std::stoul(cheat_vec[3]);
-	red_script  = cheat_vec[4];
+	red_script  = std::move(cheat_vec[4]);
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp
index e9ef5de7c5..f1fabe5531 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Io/camera_config.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void cfg_camera::camera_setting::from_string(std::string_view text)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const std::vector<std::string> list = fmt::split(text, { "," });
+	const std::vector<std::string_view> list = fmt::split_sv(text, { "," });
 
 	if (list.size() != member_count)
 	{
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp b/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp
index 8203d1977b..0f4149e909 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp
@@ -208,22 +208,23 @@ namespace utils
 			content << proc_stat.rdbuf();
 			proc_stat.close();
 
-			const std::vector<std::string> lines = fmt::split(content.str(), {"\n"});
+			const std::string content_str = content.str();
+			const std::vector<std::string_view> lines = fmt::split_sv(content_str, {"\n"});
 			if (lines.empty())
 			{
 				perf_log.error("/proc/stat is empty");
 				return;
 			}
 
-			for (const std::string& line : lines)
+			for (const std::string_view& line : lines)
 			{
-				const std::vector<std::string> tokens = fmt::split(line, {" "});
+				const std::vector<std::string_view> tokens = fmt::split_sv(line, {" "});
 				if (tokens.size() < 5)
 				{
 					return;
 				}
 
-				const std::string& token = tokens[0];
+				const std::string_view token = tokens[0];
 				if (!token.starts_with("cpu"))
 				{
 					return;
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp b/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp
index fb6dd6d7f7..66e551f42a 100755
--- a/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/sysinfo.cpp
@@ -765,7 +765,8 @@ utils::OS_version utils::get_OS_version()
 #else
 	if (struct utsname details = {}; !uname(&details))
 	{
-		const std::vector<std::string> version_list = fmt::split(details.release, { "." });
+		const std::string_view release = details.release;
+		const std::vector<std::string_view> version_list = fmt::split_sv(release, { "." });
 		const auto get_version_part = [&version_list](usz i) -> usz
 		{
 			if (version_list.size() <= i) return 0;