diff --git a/juce_amalgamated.cpp b/juce_amalgamated.cpp
index 5cc28f5b27..ef90894996 100644
--- a/juce_amalgamated.cpp
+++ b/juce_amalgamated.cpp
@@ -15070,7 +15070,7 @@ void XmlDocument::readChildElements (XmlElement* parent)
 						++len;
 					}
 
-					textElementContent.append (start.getAddress(), len);
+					textElementContent.appendCharPointer (start, len);
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/text/juce_XmlDocument.cpp b/src/text/juce_XmlDocument.cpp
index de7dbcfd55..2ef1498bfe 100644
--- a/src/text/juce_XmlDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/text/juce_XmlDocument.cpp
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ void XmlDocument::readChildElements (XmlElement* parent)
                         ++len;
                     }
 
-                    textElementContent.append (start.getAddress(), len);
+                    textElementContent.appendCharPointer (start, len);
                 }
             }