diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index 611da024fb..0df91b76cd 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -884,16 +884,16 @@ static future<> write_column_name(file_writer& out, const composite& clustering_
     // FIXME: This code assumes name is always composite, but it wouldn't if "WITH COMPACT STORAGE"
     // was defined in the schema, for example.
     return do_with(composite::from_exploded(column_names), [&out, &clustering_key] (composite& c) {
-        uint16_t sz = bytes_view(clustering_key).size() + bytes_view(c).size();
-        return write(out, sz, bytes_view(clustering_key), bytes_view(c));
+        uint16_t sz = clustering_key.size() + c.size();
+        return write(out, sz, clustering_key, c);
     });
 }
 
 static future<> write_static_column_name(file_writer& out, const schema& schema, const std::vector<bytes_view>& column_names) {
     return do_with(composite::from_exploded(column_names), [&out, &schema] (composite& c) {
         return do_with(composite::static_prefix(schema), [&out, &c] (composite& sp) {
-            uint16_t sz = bytes_view(sp).size() + bytes_view(c).size();
-            return write(out, sz, bytes_view(sp), bytes_view(c));
+            uint16_t sz = sp.size() + c.size();
+            return write(out, sz, sp, c);
         });
     });
 }