diff --git a/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp b/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp
index 8105626..ea2ddda 100644
--- a/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp
+++ b/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
     while (func) {
         if (!strchr(func, '*')) {
             String8 fancyFunc = String8::format("\n%s\n", func);
-            bool found = funcList.find(fancyFunc.string(), 0) >= 0;
+            bool found = funcList.find(fancyFunc.c_str(), 0) >= 0;
             if (!found || func[0] == '\0') {
                 fprintf(stderr, "error: \"%s\" is not a valid kernel function "
                         "to trace.\n", func);
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@
             tokenizer->skipDelimiters(" ");
             continue;
         }
-        ok &= setCategoryEnable(token.string());
+        ok &= setCategoryEnable(token.c_str());
     }
     delete tokenizer;
     return ok;