diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp
index 8f5be6a266e..561c92aa7b9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmimedata.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void QMimeData::setData(const QString &mimeType, const QByteArray &data)
     Q_D(QMimeData);
 
     if (mimeType == "text/uri-list"_L1) {
-        QByteArray ba = data;
+        auto ba = QByteArrayView(data);
         if (ba.endsWith('\0'))
             ba.chop(1);
         d->setData(mimeType, dataToUrls(ba));