diff --git a/AK/Format.cpp b/AK/Format.cpp
index c4ebe8e59fe..ac73e68649c 100644
--- a/AK/Format.cpp
+++ b/AK/Format.cpp
@@ -610,7 +610,9 @@ void Formatter<StringView>::format(FormatBuilder& builder, StringView value)
 
 void Formatter<FormatString>::vformat(FormatBuilder& builder, StringView fmtstr, TypeErasedFormatParams& params)
 {
-    return Formatter<String>::format(builder, String::vformatted(fmtstr, params));
+    StringBuilder string_builder;
+    AK::vformat(string_builder, fmtstr, params);
+    return Formatter<StringView>::format(builder, string_builder.string_view());
 }
 
 template<typename T>
diff --git a/AK/Format.h b/AK/Format.h
index 953e062b8b1..c1c10d0b9f5 100644
--- a/AK/Format.h
+++ b/AK/Format.h
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ struct Formatter<FormatIfSupported<T>> : __FormatIfSupported<T, HasFormatter<T>>
 struct FormatString {
 };
 template<>
-struct Formatter<FormatString> : Formatter<String> {
+struct Formatter<FormatString> : Formatter<StringView> {
     template<typename... Parameters>
     void format(FormatBuilder& builder, StringView fmtstr, const Parameters&... parameters)
     {