diff --git a/src/Language/Wasm/Lexer.x b/src/Language/Wasm/Lexer.x
index b8ff75f..00eb769 100644
--- a/src/Language/Wasm/Lexer.x
+++ b/src/Language/Wasm/Lexer.x
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ endStringLiteral (pos, _, _inp, _) _len = do
     alexSetStartCode defaultStartCode
     setLexerStringFlag False
     str <- LBSUtf8.fromString . reverse <$> getLexerStringValue
+    setLexerStringValue ""
     return $ Lexeme pos $ TStringLit str
 
 tokenStr :: (LBS.ByteString -> Token) -> AlexAction Lexeme