diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Edit/Material/MaterialSourceData.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Edit/Material/MaterialSourceData.cpp
index 7c37d894d4..e5466a173f 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Edit/Material/MaterialSourceData.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Edit/Material/MaterialSourceData.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ namespace AZ
             {
                 if (!dependencies.insert(parentSourceAbsPath).second)
                 {
-                    AZ_Error("MaterialSourceData", false, "Detected circular dependency between materials: '%s' and '%s'.", materialSourceFilePath, parentSourceAbsPath.c_str());
+                    AZ_Error("MaterialSourceData", false, "Detected circular dependency between materials: '%s' and '%s'.", materialSourceFilePath.data(), parentSourceAbsPath.c_str());
                     return Failure();
                 }
 
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/Document/MaterialDocument.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/Document/MaterialDocument.cpp
index 265bca0860..ea97a3f2c0 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/Document/MaterialDocument.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Tools/MaterialEditor/Code/Source/Document/MaterialDocument.cpp
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ namespace MaterialEditor
                 return false;
             }
 
-            auto parentMaterialAssetResult = m_materialSourceData.CreateMaterialAssetFromSourceData(
-                parentMaterialAssetIdResult.GetValue(), parentMaterialFilePath, true, true, &m_sourceDependencies);
+            auto parentMaterialAssetResult = parentMaterialSourceData.CreateMaterialAssetFromSourceData(
+                parentMaterialAssetIdResult.GetValue(), parentMaterialFilePath, true, true);
             if (!parentMaterialAssetResult)
             {
                 AZ_Error("MaterialDocument", false, "Material parent asset could not be created from source data: '%s'.", parentMaterialFilePath.c_str());