1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringConverter.cpp b/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringConverter.cpp
index 8d4ebf5870c..9b4d6e2c8f2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringConverter.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceUtil/StringConverter.cpp
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ WindowsStringConverter::fromUTF8(const Byte* sourceStart, const Byte* sourceEnd,
 
     if(_cp == CP_UTF8)
     {
-        target.insert(0, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sourceStart), sourceEnd - sourceStart);
+        string tmp(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sourceStart), sourceEnd - sourceStart);
+        tmp.swap(target);
         return;
     }