diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp
index 9a2817d..c111a27 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #define VDS_LOGE(msg, ...) ALOGE("[%s] " msg, \
-        mDisplayName.string(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        mDisplayName.c_str(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define VDS_LOGW_IF(cond, msg, ...) ALOGW_IF(cond, "[%s] " msg, \
-        mDisplayName.string(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        mDisplayName.c_str(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define VDS_LOGV(msg, ...) ALOGV("[%s] " msg, \
-        mDisplayName.string(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        mDisplayName.c_str(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 static const char* dbgCompositionTypeStr(DisplaySurface::CompositionType type) {
     switch (type) {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& sink,
         const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& bqProducer,
         const sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>& bqConsumer,
-        const String8& name)
+        const std::string& name)
 :   ConsumerBase(bqConsumer),
     mHwc(hwc),
     mDisplayId(dispId),
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     }
     mOutputFormat = mDefaultOutputFormat;
 
-    ConsumerBase::mName = String8::format("VDS: %s", mDisplayName.string());
+    ConsumerBase::mName = String8::format("VDS: %s", mDisplayName.c_str());
     mConsumer->setConsumerName(ConsumerBase::mName);
     mConsumer->setConsumerUsageBits(GRALLOC_USAGE_HW_COMPOSER);
     mConsumer->setDefaultBufferSize(sinkWidth, sinkHeight);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h
index 5c8acea..4bd4d0f 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #ifndef ANDROID_SF_VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_SURFACE_H
 #define ANDROID_SF_VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_SURFACE_H
 
+#include <string>
+
 #include "DisplaySurface.h"
 #include "HWComposerBufferCache.h"
 
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
             const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& sink,
             const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& bqProducer,
             const sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>& bqConsumer,
-            const String8& name);
+            const std::string& name);
 
     //
     // DisplaySurface interface
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
     //
     HWComposer& mHwc;
     const int32_t mDisplayId;
-    const String8 mDisplayName;
+    const std::string mDisplayName;
     sp<IGraphicBufferProducer> mSource[2]; // indexed by SOURCE_*
     uint32_t mDefaultOutputFormat;