diff --git a/ircd/m_id.cc b/ircd/m_id.cc
index c197db127..041bd7344 100644
--- a/ircd/m_id.cc
+++ b/ircd/m_id.cc
@@ -707,7 +707,15 @@ ircd::m::id::event::v3::v3(const mutable_buffer &out,
 	};
 
 	out[0] = '$';
-	return b64encode_unpadded(out + 1, hash);
+	const string_view hashb64
+	{
+		b64encode_unpadded(out + 1, hash)
+	};
+
+	return string_view
+	{
+		ircd::data(out), 1 + ircd::size(hashb64)
+	};
 }()}
 {
 }
@@ -742,10 +750,13 @@ ircd::m::id::event::v4::v4(const mutable_buffer &out,
 	};
 
 	out[0] = '$';
-	string_view ret;
-	ret = b64encode_unpadded(out + 1, hash);
-	ret = b64tob64url(out + 1, ret);
-	return ret;
+	string_view hashb64;
+	hashb64 = b64encode_unpadded(out + 1, hash);
+	hashb64 = b64tob64url(out + 1, hashb64);
+	return string_view
+	{
+		ircd::data(out), 1 + ircd::size(hashb64)
+	};
 }()}
 {
 }