diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp
index 16c8ad90b..3f690f12a 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bool VfsFile::WriteByte(u8 data, size_t offset) {
     return Write(&data, 1, offset) == 1;
 }
 
-size_t VfsFile::WriteBytes(std::vector<u8> data, size_t offset) {
+size_t VfsFile::WriteBytes(const std::vector<u8>& data, size_t offset) {
     return Write(data.data(), data.size(), offset);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h
index d108ab1f4..db3c77eac 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct VfsFile : NonCopyable {
     virtual bool WriteByte(u8 data, size_t offset = 0);
     // Writes a vector of bytes to offset in file and returns the number of bytes successfully
     // written.
-    virtual size_t WriteBytes(std::vector<u8> data, size_t offset = 0);
+    virtual size_t WriteBytes(const std::vector<u8>& data, size_t offset = 0);
 
     // Writes an array of type T, size number_elements to offset in file.
     // Returns the number of bytes (sizeof(T)*number_elements) written successfully.
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.cpp
index 31fdd9aa1..38ec4e0f9 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bool OffsetVfsFile::WriteByte(u8 data, size_t r_offset) {
     return false;
 }
 
-size_t OffsetVfsFile::WriteBytes(std::vector<u8> data, size_t r_offset) {
+size_t OffsetVfsFile::WriteBytes(const std::vector<u8>& data, size_t r_offset) {
     return file->Write(data.data(), TrimToFit(data.size(), r_offset), offset + r_offset);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.h b/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.h
index 2e16e47eb..ded4827f5 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.h
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs_offset.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct OffsetVfsFile : public VfsFile {
     std::vector<u8> ReadBytes(size_t size, size_t offset) const override;
     std::vector<u8> ReadAllBytes() const override;
     bool WriteByte(u8 data, size_t offset) override;
-    size_t WriteBytes(std::vector<u8> data, size_t offset) override;
+    size_t WriteBytes(const std::vector<u8>& data, size_t offset) override;
 
     bool Rename(const std::string& name) override;