diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/frontend.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/frontend.cpp
index 1ef0352303..7ab17b1f55 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/frontend.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/frontend.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ amdcl::OCLFrontend::compileCommand(const std::string& singleSrc)
   amd::Os::unlink(logFile.c_str());
   if (isCpuTarget(Elf()->target)
       && Options()->oVariables->EnableDebug) {
-    Options()->sourceFileName_ = clFile;
+    Options()->sourceFileName_.assign(clFile);
   } else {
     amd::Os::unlink(clFile.c_str());
   }
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/utils/options.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/utils/options.cpp
index 5ab7c7c64a..2dd39f62be 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/utils/options.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/compiler/lib/utils/options.cpp
@@ -1270,6 +1270,8 @@ Options::Options() :
     WorkGroupSize[2] = -1;
     UseDefaultWGS = true;
     NumAvailGPRs = -1;
+
+    sourceFileName_.reserve(1024);
 }
 
 Options::~Options()