diff --git a/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/mod.rs b/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/mod.rs
index 5fa46a6f2d..8aa9b64413 100644
--- a/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/mod.rs
+++ b/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/mod.rs
@@ -2161,7 +2161,12 @@ impl String {
         _: &[JsValue],
         context: &mut Context<'_>,
     ) -> JsResult<JsValue> {
-        Ok(StringIterator::create_string_iterator(this.clone(), context).into())
+        // 1. Let O be ? RequireObjectCoercible(this value).
+        let o = this.require_object_coercible()?;
+        // 2. Let s be ? ToString(O).
+        let s = o.to_string(context)?;
+
+        Ok(StringIterator::create_string_iterator(s, context).into())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/string_iterator.rs b/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/string_iterator.rs
index ba2ccb316d..a266fb8f56 100644
--- a/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/string_iterator.rs
+++ b/boa_engine/src/builtins/string/string_iterator.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ use crate::{
     builtins::{iterable::create_iter_result_object, BuiltInBuilder, IntrinsicObject},
     context::intrinsics::Intrinsics,
     error::JsNativeError,
+    js_string,
     object::{JsObject, ObjectData},
     property::Attribute,
     symbol::JsSymbol,
-    Context, JsResult, JsValue,
+    Context, JsResult, JsString, JsValue,
 };
 use boa_gc::{Finalize, Trace};
 use boa_profiler::Profiler;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use boa_profiler::Profiler;
 /// [spec]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-string-iterator-objects
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Finalize, Trace)]
 pub struct StringIterator {
-    string: JsValue,
+    string: JsString,
     next_index: usize,
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ impl IntrinsicObject for StringIterator {
 
 impl StringIterator {
     /// Create a new `StringIterator`.
-    pub fn create_string_iterator(string: JsValue, context: &mut Context<'_>) -> JsObject {
+    pub fn create_string_iterator(string: JsString, context: &mut Context<'_>) -> JsObject {
         JsObject::from_proto_and_data(
             context
                 .intrinsics()
@@ -73,18 +74,18 @@ impl StringIterator {
             .and_then(|obj| obj.as_string_iterator_mut())
             .ok_or_else(|| JsNativeError::typ().with_message("`this` is not an ArrayIterator"))?;
 
-        if string_iterator.string.is_undefined() {
+        if string_iterator.string.is_empty() {
             return Ok(create_iter_result_object(
                 JsValue::undefined(),
                 true,
                 context,
             ));
         }
-        let native_string = string_iterator.string.to_string(context)?;
+        let native_string = &string_iterator.string;
         let len = native_string.len();
         let position = string_iterator.next_index;
         if position >= len {
-            string_iterator.string = JsValue::undefined();
+            string_iterator.string = js_string!();
             return Ok(create_iter_result_object(
                 JsValue::undefined(),
                 true,
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ impl StringIterator {
         let code_point = native_string.code_point_at(position);
         string_iterator.next_index += code_point.code_unit_count();
         let result_string = crate::builtins::string::String::substring(
-            &string_iterator.string,
+            &string_iterator.string.clone().into(),
             &[position.into(), string_iterator.next_index.into()],
             context,
         )?;
diff --git a/boa_engine/src/object/mod.rs b/boa_engine/src/object/mod.rs
index a624fdd90f..f92a08b0fd 100644
--- a/boa_engine/src/object/mod.rs
+++ b/boa_engine/src/object/mod.rs
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ impl ObjectData {
     }
 
     /// Create the `StringIterator` object data
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn string_iterator(string_iterator: StringIterator) -> Self {
         Self {
             kind: ObjectKind::StringIterator(string_iterator),