diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp
index 27b9d3877bb..6eb401f3ec9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ TextEditor::Indenter *CppCodeStylePreferencesFactory::createIndenter() const
 
 QString CppCodeStylePreferencesFactory::snippetProviderGroupId() const
 {
-    return CppEditor::Constants::CPP_SNIPPETS_GROUP_ID;
+    return QString(CppEditor::Constants::CPP_SNIPPETS_GROUP_ID);
 }
 
 QString CppCodeStylePreferencesFactory::previewText() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljscodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljscodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp
index f5c259dca05..e1d395f8f9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljscodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljscodestylepreferencesfactory.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ TextEditor::Indenter *QmlJSCodeStylePreferencesFactory::createIndenter() const
 
 QString QmlJSCodeStylePreferencesFactory::snippetProviderGroupId() const
 {
-    return QmlJSEditor::Constants::QML_SNIPPETS_GROUP_ID;
+    return QString(QmlJSEditor::Constants::QML_SNIPPETS_GROUP_ID);
 }
 
 QString QmlJSCodeStylePreferencesFactory::previewText() const