diff --git a/src/collections.rs b/src/collections.rs
index 5037e2b0b..04c69cbc4 100644
--- a/src/collections.rs
+++ b/src/collections.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ impl From<Vec<u8>> for CSliceOwned {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Box<[u8]>> for CSliceOwned {
+    fn from(value: Box<[u8]>) -> Self {
+        let slice = Box::leak(value);
+        CSliceOwned(CSlice::wrap(slice.as_ptr(), slice.len()))
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Vec<u8>> for CSlice {
     fn from(value: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
         let slice: CSliceOwned = value.into();
diff --git a/src/zbytes.rs b/src/zbytes.rs
index 5cc2eb874..94f4aaa51 100644
--- a/src/zbytes.rs
+++ b/src/zbytes.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn z_bytes_to_slice(
 ) -> z_result_t {
     let payload = this.as_rust_type_ref();
     dst.as_rust_type_mut_uninit()
-        .write(payload.to_bytes().into_owned().into());
+        .write(CSliceOwned::from(Box::<[u8]>::from(payload.to_bytes())));
     result::Z_OK
 }