diff --git a/src/csync/csync_exclude.cpp b/src/csync/csync_exclude.cpp
index 4d2c58cb326c8..0277698ceef64 100644
--- a/src/csync/csync_exclude.cpp
+++ b/src/csync/csync_exclude.cpp
@@ -133,26 +133,25 @@ OCSYNC_EXPORT bool csync_is_windows_reserved_word(const QStringView &filename)
 static CSYNC_EXCLUDE_TYPE _csync_excluded_common(const QString &path, bool excludeConflictFiles)
 {
     /* split up the path */
-    QStringView bname(path);
-    int lastSlash = path.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-    if (lastSlash >= 0) {
-        bname = path.mid(lastSlash + 1);
+    auto excludedFile = path;
+    if (const auto lastSlash = path.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));lastSlash >= 0) {
+        excludedFile = path.mid(lastSlash + 1);
     }
 
-    qsizetype blen = bname.size();
+    qsizetype blen = excludedFile.size();
     // 9 = strlen(".sync_.db")
-    if (blen >= 9 && bname.at(0) == QLatin1Char('.')) {
-        if (bname.contains(QLatin1String(".db"))) {
-            if (bname.startsWith(QLatin1String("._sync_"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)  // "._sync_*.db*"
-                || bname.startsWith(QLatin1String(".sync_"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) // ".sync_*.db*"
-                || bname.startsWith(QLatin1String(".csync_journal.db"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) { // ".csync_journal.db*"
+    if (blen >= 9 && excludedFile.at(0) == QLatin1Char('.')) {
+        if (excludedFile.contains(QLatin1String(".db"))) {
+            if (excludedFile.startsWith(QLatin1String("._sync_"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)  // "._sync_*.db*"
+                || excludedFile.startsWith(QLatin1String(".sync_"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) // ".sync_*.db*"
+                || excludedFile.startsWith(QLatin1String(".csync_journal.db"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) { // ".csync_journal.db*"
                 return CSYNC_FILE_SILENTLY_EXCLUDED;
             }
         }
-        if (bname.startsWith(QLatin1String(".owncloudsync.log"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) { // ".owncloudsync.log*"
+        if (excludedFile.startsWith(QLatin1String(".owncloudsync.log"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) { // ".owncloudsync.log*"
             return CSYNC_FILE_SILENTLY_EXCLUDED;
         }
-        if (bname.startsWith(QLatin1String(".nextcloudsync.log"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) { // ".nextcloudsync.log*"
+        if (excludedFile.startsWith(QLatin1String(".nextcloudsync.log"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) { // ".nextcloudsync.log*"
             return CSYNC_FILE_SILENTLY_EXCLUDED;
         }
     }
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ static CSYNC_EXCLUDE_TYPE _csync_excluded_common(const QString &path, bool exclu
 
     /* Do not sync desktop.ini files anywhere in the tree. */
     const auto desktopIniFile = QStringLiteral("desktop.ini");
-    if (blen == static_cast<qsizetype>(desktopIniFile.length()) && bname.compare(desktopIniFile, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+    if (blen == static_cast<qsizetype>(desktopIniFile.length()) && excludedFile.compare(desktopIniFile, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
         return CSYNC_FILE_SILENTLY_EXCLUDED;
     }