3 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/Main.cxx b/src/Main.cxx
index eb71372eb..82e0145cd 100644
--- a/src/Main.cxx
+++ b/src/Main.cxx
@@ -162,10 +162,7 @@ InitStorage(Error &error)
 	path_fs.ChopSeparators();
 	CheckDirectoryReadable(path_fs);
 
-	const auto utf8 = path_fs.ToUTF8();
-	assert(!utf8.empty());
-
-	instance->storage = CreateLocalStorage(utf8.c_str(), path_fs);
+	instance->storage = CreateLocalStorage(path_fs);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.cxx b/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.cxx
index 5020a8fd6..2bf430b2e 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.cxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.cxx
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@ public:
 };
 
 class LocalStorage final : public Storage {
-	const std::string base_utf8;
 	const AllocatedPath base_fs;
+	const std::string base_utf8;
 
 public:
-	LocalStorage(const char *_base_utf8, Path _base_fs)
-		:base_utf8(_base_utf8), base_fs(_base_fs) {}
+	explicit LocalStorage(Path _base_fs)
+		:base_fs(_base_fs), base_utf8(base_fs.ToUTF8()) {
+		assert(!base_fs.IsNull());
+		assert(!base_utf8.empty());
+	}
 
 	/* virtual methods from class Storage */
 	virtual bool GetInfo(const char *uri_utf8, bool follow, FileInfo &info,
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ LocalDirectoryReader::GetInfo(bool follow, FileInfo &info, Error &error)
 }
 
 Storage *
-CreateLocalStorage(const char *base_utf8, Path base_fs)
+CreateLocalStorage(Path base_fs)
 {
-	return new LocalStorage(base_utf8, base_fs);
+	return new LocalStorage(base_fs);
 }
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.hxx b/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.hxx
index cad2d1e58..e80fd8276 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.hxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/LocalStorage.hxx
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ class Path;
 
 gcc_malloc gcc_nonnull_all
 Storage *
-CreateLocalStorage(const char *base_utf8, Path base_fs);
+CreateLocalStorage(Path base_fs);
 
 #endif