diff --git a/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.cpp b/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.cpp
index a270a830f2..5356e4abc2 100644
--- a/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.cpp
+++ b/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.cpp
@@ -1900,12 +1900,12 @@ IFileUtil::ECopyTreeResult   CFileUtil::MoveTree(const QString& strSourceDirecto
     return eCopyResult;
 }
 
-void CFileUtil::PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, const AZStd::string& fullGamePath)
+void CFileUtil::PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, AZStd::string_view fullGamePath)
 {
     PopulateQMenu(caller, menu, fullGamePath, nullptr);
 }
 
-void CFileUtil::PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, const AZStd::string& fullGamePath, bool* isSelected)
+void CFileUtil::PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, AZStd::string_view fullGamePath, bool* isSelected)
 {
     // Normalize the full path so we get consistent separators
     AZStd::string fullFilePath(fullGamePath);
diff --git a/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.h b/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.h
index 599e0f0b2a..1d907e5baf 100644
--- a/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.h
+++ b/Code/Editor/Util/FileUtil.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public:
     // THIS FUNCTION IS NOT DESIGNED FOR MULTI-THREADED USAGE
     static IFileUtil::ECopyTreeResult   MoveTree(const QString& strSourceDirectory, const QString& strTargetDirectory, bool boRecurse = true, bool boConfirmOverwrite = false);
 
-    static void PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, const AZStd::string& fullGamePath);
+    static void PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, AZStd::string_view fullGamePath);
 
     static void GatherAssetFilenamesFromLevel(std::set<QString>& rOutFilenames, bool bMakeLowerCase = false, bool bMakeUnixPath = false);
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ private:
     static bool s_multiFileDlgPref[IFileUtil::EFILE_TYPE_LAST];
 
     // Keep this variant of this method private! pIsSelected is captured in a lambda, and so requires menu use exec() and never use show()
-    static void PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, const AZStd::string& fullGamePath, bool* pIsSelected);
+    static void PopulateQMenu(QWidget* caller, QMenu* menu, AZStd::string_view fullGamePath, bool* pIsSelected);
 
     static bool ExtractDccFilenameFromAssetDatabase(const QString& assetFilename, QString& dccFilename);
     static bool ExtractDccFilenameUsingNamingConventions(const QString& assetFilename, QString& dccFilename);