diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   // don't find the name will not be treated as errors.  Also, if you decide to
   // keep the settings just move them into the containing properties, and we
   // will auto-forward the experimental settings to the real one.
-  static const char *GetExperimentalSettingsName();
+  static llvm::StringRef GetExperimentalSettingsName();
 
   static bool IsSettingExperimental(llvm::StringRef setting);
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@
   return lldb::OptionValuePropertiesSP();
 }
 
-const char *Properties::GetExperimentalSettingsName() { return "experimental"; }
+llvm::StringRef Properties::GetExperimentalSettingsName() {
+  static constexpr llvm::StringLiteral g_experimental("experimental");
+  return g_experimental;
+}
 
 bool Properties::IsSettingExperimental(llvm::StringRef setting) {
   if (setting.empty())
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
         value_sp->GetSubValue(exe_ctx, sub_name.drop_front(), error);
     if (!return_val_sp) {
       if (Properties::IsSettingExperimental(sub_name.drop_front())) {
-        size_t experimental_len =
-            strlen(Properties::GetExperimentalSettingsName());
+        const size_t experimental_len =
+            Properties::GetExperimentalSettingsName().size();
         if (sub_name[experimental_len + 1] == '.')
           return_val_sp = value_sp->GetSubValue(
               exe_ctx, sub_name.drop_front(experimental_len + 2), error);