diff --git a/crates/turbo-tasks/src/rcstr.rs b/crates/turbo-tasks/src/rcstr.rs
index 715a5a0e79f44..65c946ffd7b3b 100644
--- a/crates/turbo-tasks/src/rcstr.rs
+++ b/crates/turbo-tasks/src/rcstr.rs
@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@ use std::{
     fmt::{Debug, Display},
     ops::Deref,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    sync::Arc,
 };
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use triomphe::Arc;
 use turbo_tasks_hash::{DeterministicHash, DeterministicHasher};
 
 use crate::debug::{ValueDebugFormat, ValueDebugFormatString};
 
-/// This type exists to allow swapping out the underlying string type easily.
+/// A reference counted [`String`], similar to [`Arc<String>`][std::sync::Arc].
+///
+/// This type is intentionally opaque to allow for optimizations to the
+/// underlying representation. Future implementations may use inline
+/// representations or interning.
 //
 // If you want to change the underlying string type to `Arc<str>`, please ensure that you profile
 // performance. The current implementation offers very cheap `String -> RcStr -> String`, meaning we
diff --git a/crates/turbopack-ecmascript/src/parse.rs b/crates/turbopack-ecmascript/src/parse.rs
index 604b65aa82163..4bcf95214499c 100644
--- a/crates/turbopack-ecmascript/src/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/turbopack-ecmascript/src/parse.rs
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ async fn parse_content(
                 } else {
                     None
                 };
-                let messages = Some(messages.unwrap_or_else(|| vec![fm.src.clone().into()]));
+                let messages =
+                    Some(messages.unwrap_or_else(|| vec![String::clone(&fm.src).into()]));
                 return Ok(ParseResult::Unparseable { messages });
             }