diff --git a/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp b/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp
index 0838a048d..f0f1a7369 100644
--- a/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void VAbstractApplication::SetICUData(int &argc, char **argv)
      * to documentation we can either use ICU_DATA environment variable or the function u_setDataDirectory().
      */
     const QString appDirPath = QFileInfo(ApplicationFilePath(argc, argv)).path();
-    u_setDataDirectory(QString(appDirPath + QStringLiteral("/../share/icu")).toUtf8());
+    u_setDataDirectory(QString(appDirPath + QStringLiteral("/../share/icu")).toUtf8().constData());
 }
 #endif // defined(Q_OS_LINUX)