diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
index 715ce91e68..8776e49e50 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ void metrics_collector::snapshot()
 	}
 }
 
-std::string metrics_collector::convert_metric_to_prometheus_text(std::string metric_name, metrics_v2 metric)
+std::string metrics_collector::convert_metric_to_prometheus_text(std::string_view metric_name, metrics_v2 metric)
 {
-	std::string prometheus_text = metric_name;
+	std::string prometheus_text(metric_name.begin(), metric_name.end());
 	prometheus_text += "{raw_name=\"" + std::string(metric.name) + "\",unit=\"" + std::string(metrics_unit_name_mappings[metric.unit]) \
 	+ "\",metric_type=\"" + std::string(metrics_metric_type_name_mappings[metric.metric_type]) + "\"} "; // white space at the end important!
 	switch (metric.type)
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
index 1de5041de0..9b90224869 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <libsinsp/threadinfo.h>
 #include <libscap/strl.h>
 #include <cmath>
+#include <string_view>
 
 struct sinsp_stats_v2
 {
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ class metrics_collector
 	 * 
 	 * This method is a work in progress.
 	*/
-	std::string convert_metric_to_prometheus_text(std::string metric_name, metrics_v2 metric);
+	std::string convert_metric_to_prometheus_text(std::string_view metric_name, metrics_v2 metric);
 
 	/*!
 	\brief Method to convert memory units; tied to metrics_v2 definitions
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_metrics.ut.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_metrics.ut.cpp
index 1aceb7ef4c..0f2a8bb020 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_metrics.ut.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_metrics.ut.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, sinsp_metrics_collector)
 		// This resembles the Falco client use case
 		char metric_name[METRIC_NAME_MAX] = "test.";
 		strlcat(metric_name, metric.name, sizeof(metric_name));
-		std::string prometheus_text = metrics_collector->convert_metric_to_prometheus_text(metric_name, metric);
+		std::string_view s(metric_name);
+		std::string prometheus_text = metrics_collector->convert_metric_to_prometheus_text(s, metric);
 		if (strncmp(metric.name, "n_missing_container_images", 17) == 0)
 		{
 			std::string prometheus_text_substring = "test.n_missing_container_images{raw_name=\"n_missing_container_images\",unit=\"COUNT\",metric_type=\"NON_MONOTONIC_CURRENT\"} 0";