diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index 679791e0151428..d5ce4d7d8d067a 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ void FromNamespacedPath(std::string* path) {
 
 
 static inline int GetValidMode(Environment* env,
-    Local<Value> mode_v, std::string type) {
+    Local<Value> mode_v, std::string_view type) {
   if (!mode_v->IsInt32() && !mode_v->IsNullOrUndefined()) {
     THROW_ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(env, "mode must be int32 or null/undefined");
     return -1;