diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
index a809c9ad6..5ff3ea3cc 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -397,15 +397,15 @@ bool CDB::Rewrite(const string& strFile, const char* pszSkip)
                                 break;
                             }
                             if (pszSkip &&
-                                strncmp(&ssKey[0], pszSkip, std::min(ssKey.size(), strlen(pszSkip))) == 0)
+                                strncmp(ssKey.data(), pszSkip, std::min(ssKey.size(), strlen(pszSkip))) == 0)
                                 continue;
-                            if (strncmp(&ssKey[0], "\x07version", 8) == 0) {
+                            if (strncmp(ssKey.data(), "\x07version", 8) == 0) {
                                 // Update version:
                                 ssValue.clear();
                                 ssValue << CLIENT_VERSION;
                             }
-                            Dbt datKey(&ssKey[0], ssKey.size());
-                            Dbt datValue(&ssValue[0], ssValue.size());
+                            Dbt datKey(ssKey.data(), ssKey.size());
+                            Dbt datValue(ssValue.data(), ssValue.size());
                             int ret2 = pdbCopy->put(NULL, &datKey, &datValue, DB_NOOVERWRITE);
                             if (ret2 > 0)
                                 fSuccess = false;
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.h b/src/wallet/db.h
index a0f673ecf..049a2ca1a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.h
+++ b/src/wallet/db.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ protected:
         CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
         ssKey.reserve(1000);
         ssKey << key;
-        Dbt datKey(&ssKey[0], ssKey.size());
+        Dbt datKey(ssKey.data(), ssKey.size());
 
         // Read
         Dbt datValue;
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ protected:
         CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
         ssKey.reserve(1000);
         ssKey << key;
-        Dbt datKey(&ssKey[0], ssKey.size());
+        Dbt datKey(ssKey.data(), ssKey.size());
 
         // Value
         CDataStream ssValue(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
         ssValue.reserve(10000);
         ssValue << value;
-        Dbt datValue(&ssValue[0], ssValue.size());
+        Dbt datValue(ssValue.data(), ssValue.size());
 
         // Write
         int ret = pdb->put(activeTxn, &datKey, &datValue, (fOverwrite ? 0 : DB_NOOVERWRITE));
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ protected:
         CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
         ssKey.reserve(1000);
         ssKey << key;
-        Dbt datKey(&ssKey[0], ssKey.size());
+        Dbt datKey(ssKey.data(), ssKey.size());
 
         // Erase
         int ret = pdb->del(activeTxn, &datKey, 0);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ protected:
         CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
         ssKey.reserve(1000);
         ssKey << key;
-        Dbt datKey(&ssKey[0], ssKey.size());
+        Dbt datKey(ssKey.data(), ssKey.size());
 
         // Exists
         int ret = pdb->exists(activeTxn, &datKey, 0);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ protected:
         Dbt datKey;
         unsigned int fFlags = DB_NEXT;
         if (setRange) {
-            datKey.set_data(&ssKey[0]);
+            datKey.set_data(ssKey.data());
             datKey.set_size(ssKey.size());
             fFlags = DB_SET_RANGE;
         }