diff --git a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
index c30deb8..417fefd 100644
--- a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
+++ b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
@@ -944,7 +944,6 @@ void Vehicle::_chunkedStatusTextCompleted(uint8_t compId)
 
 void Vehicle::_handleStatusText(mavlink_message_t& message)
 {
-    QByteArray  b;
     QString     messageText;
 
     mavlink_statustext_t statustext;
@@ -952,9 +951,9 @@ void Vehicle::_handleStatusText(mavlink_message_t& message)
 
     uint8_t compId = message.compid;
 
-    b.resize(MAVLINK_MSG_STATUSTEXT_FIELD_TEXT_LEN+1);
-    strncpy(b.data(), statustext.text, MAVLINK_MSG_STATUSTEXT_FIELD_TEXT_LEN);
-    b[b.length()-1] = '\0';
+    char b[MAVLINK_MSG_STATUSTEXT_FIELD_TEXT_LEN+1];
+    strncpy(b, statustext.text, MAVLINK_MSG_STATUSTEXT_FIELD_TEXT_LEN);
+    b[sizeof(b)-1] = '\0';
     messageText = QString(b);
     bool includesNullTerminator = messageText.length() < MAVLINK_MSG_STATUSTEXT_FIELD_TEXT_LEN;