diff --git a/src/streams.h b/src/streams.h
index 8dc5a19ea..245fb9cd8 100644
--- a/src/streams.h
+++ b/src/streams.h
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public:
     {
         // Special case: stream << stream concatenates like stream += stream
         if (!vch.empty())
-            s.write((char*)&vch[0], vch.size() * sizeof(vch[0]));
+            s.write((char*)vch.data(), vch.size() * sizeof(value_type));
     }
 
     template<typename T>