diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/ConverterImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/ConverterImpl.hpp
index 0b83f34f..df09494f 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/ConverterImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/ConverterImpl.hpp
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ struct Converter<const char*> {
 
   static const char* fromJson(VariantConstRef src) {
     const VariantData* data = getData(src);
-    return data ? data->asString().c_str() : 0;
+    if (!data)
+      return 0;
+    return data->resolve()->asString().c_str();
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(VariantConstRef src) {
@@ -142,7 +144,9 @@ struct Converter<String> {
 
   static String fromJson(VariantConstRef src) {
     const VariantData* data = getData(src);
-    return data ? data->asString() : 0;
+    if (!data)
+      return String();
+    return data->resolve()->asString();
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(VariantConstRef src) {
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
index 2918a25f..2023c17f 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ inline String VariantData::asString() const {
     case VALUE_IS_OWNED_STRING:
       return String(_content.asString.data, _content.asString.size,
                     String::Copied);
-    case VALUE_IS_POINTER:  // P+16 G+0
-      return _content.asPointer->asString();
     default:
       return String();
   }