diff --git a/src/common/windows/unicode.hpp b/src/common/windows/unicode.hpp
index f3bca6f48..418a206df 100644
--- a/src/common/windows/unicode.hpp
+++ b/src/common/windows/unicode.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ static inline void ffStrbufInitWSV(FFstrbuf* result, const std::wstring_view sou
     return ffStrbufInitNWS(result, (uint32_t) source.size(), source.data());
 }
 
+static inline FFstrbuf ffStrbufCreateWSV(const std::wstring_view source)
+{
+    return ffStrbufCreateNWS((uint32_t) source.size(), source.data());
+}
+
 static inline void ffStrbufSetWSV(FFstrbuf* result, const std::wstring_view source)
 {
     return ffStrbufSetNWS(result, (uint32_t) source.size(), source.data());
diff --git a/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp b/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp
index f4ac9c9c7..b54882d61 100644
--- a/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ const char* ffBluetoothDetectBattery(FFlist* devices)
                 batt = data.get<uint8_t>();
             else
             {
-                FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY addr; // MAC address without colon
-                ffStrbufInitWSV(&addr, data.get<std::wstring_view>());
+                FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY addr = ffStrbufCreateWSV(data.get<std::wstring_view>()); // MAC address without colon
                 if (__builtin_expect(addr.length != 12, 0))
                     continue;