diff --git a/node_modules/@serialport/bindings/src/serialport.cpp b/node_modules/@serialport/bindings/src/serialport.cpp
index c48e150..00a5f5a 100644
--- a/node_modules/@serialport/bindings/src/serialport.cpp
+++ b/node_modules/@serialport/bindings/src/serialport.cpp
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ Napi::Value Drain(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
 }

 inline SerialPortParity ToParityEnum(const Napi::String& napistr) {
-  const char* str = napistr.Utf8Value().c_str();
+  auto tmp = napistr.Utf8Value();
+  const char* str = tmp.c_str();
   size_t count = strlen(str);
   SerialPortParity parity = SERIALPORT_PARITY_NONE;
   if (!strncasecmp(str, "none", count)) {