diff --git a/include/grpcpp/impl/codegen/slice.h b/include/grpcpp/impl/codegen/slice.h
index 8966559dc85..9cdca3ab3c9 100644
--- a/include/grpcpp/impl/codegen/slice.h
+++ b/include/grpcpp/impl/codegen/slice.h
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ inline grpc_slice SliceFromCopiedString(const grpc::string& str) {
                                                                  str.length());
 }
 
+inline grpc_slice SliceFromArray(const char* arr, size_t len) {
+    return g_core_codegen_interface->grpc_slice_from_copied_buffer(arr, len);
+}
+
 }  // namespace grpc
 
 #endif  // GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_SLICE_H
diff --git a/src/cpp/client/channel_cc.cc b/src/cpp/client/channel_cc.cc
index c59059f0450..5d1a9f4b961 100644
--- a/src/cpp/client/channel_cc.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/client/channel_cc.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 
@@ -116,10 +117,11 @@ internal::Call Channel::CreateCall(const internal::RpcMethod& method,
     } else if (!host_.empty()) {
       host_str = host_.c_str();
     }
-    grpc_slice method_slice = SliceFromCopiedString(method.name());
+    grpc_slice method_slice =
+        SliceFromArray(method.name(), strlen(method.name()));
     grpc_slice host_slice;
     if (host_str != nullptr) {
-      host_slice = SliceFromCopiedString(host_str);
+      host_slice = SliceFromArray(host_str, strlen(host_str));
     }
     c_call = grpc_channel_create_call(
         c_channel_, context->propagate_from_call_,