diff --git a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
index fadf82a..0ed47e7 100644
--- a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@
             fn.c_str());
         return nullptr;
     }
-    ZipFileRO *zip = ZipFileRO::open(fn);
+    ZipFileRO *zip = ZipFileRO::open(fn.c_str());
     if (zip == nullptr) {
         SLOGE("Failed to open animation zip \"%s\": %s",
             fn.c_str(), strerror(errno));