diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index 14b8263310279a..ecc0f1ef177f49 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void DatabaseSync::Prepare(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     return;
   }
 
-  auto sql = node::Utf8Value(env->isolate(), args[0].As<String>());
+  node::Utf8Value sql(env->isolate(), args[0].As<String>());
   sqlite3_stmt* s = nullptr;
   int r = sqlite3_prepare_v2(db->connection_, *sql, -1, &s, 0);
   CHECK_ERROR_OR_THROW(env->isolate(), db->connection_, r, SQLITE_OK, void());
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void DatabaseSync::Exec(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     return;
   }
 
-  auto sql = node::Utf8Value(env->isolate(), args[0].As<String>());
+  node::Utf8Value sql(env->isolate(), args[0].As<String>());
   int r = sqlite3_exec(db->connection_, *sql, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
   CHECK_ERROR_OR_THROW(env->isolate(), db->connection_, r, SQLITE_OK, void());
 }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ bool StatementSync::BindParams(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         return false;
       }
 
-      auto utf8_key = node::Utf8Value(env()->isolate(), key);
+      node::Utf8Value utf8_key(env()->isolate(), key);
       int r = sqlite3_bind_parameter_index(statement_, *utf8_key);
       if (r == 0) {
         if (allow_bare_named_params_) {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ bool StatementSync::BindValue(const Local<Value>& value, const int index) {
     double val = value.As<Number>()->Value();
     r = sqlite3_bind_double(statement_, index, val);
   } else if (value->IsString()) {
-    auto val = node::Utf8Value(env()->isolate(), value.As<String>());
+    node::Utf8Value val(env()->isolate(), value.As<String>());
     r = sqlite3_bind_text(
         statement_, index, *val, val.length(), SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
   } else if (value->IsNull()) {