diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBPlatform.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 void SBPlatform::SetSDKRoot(const char *sysroot) {
   LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, sysroot);
   if (PlatformSP platform_sp = GetSP())
-    platform_sp->SetSDKRootDirectory(sysroot);
+    platform_sp->SetSDKRootDirectory(llvm::StringRef(sysroot).str());
 }
 
 SBError SBPlatform::Get(SBFileSpec &src, SBFileSpec &dst) {