2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
index 1f82b8e4..279f8f55 100644
--- a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
+++ b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ using Payloads = absl::InlinedVector<Payload, 1>;
 
 // Reference-counted representation of Status data.
 struct StatusRep {
+  StatusRep(absl::StatusCode code, std::string message,
+            std::unique_ptr<status_internal::Payloads> payloads)
+      : ref(int32_t{1}),
+        code(code),
+        message(std::move(message)),
+        payloads(std::move(payloads)) {}
+
   std::atomic<int32_t> ref;
   absl::StatusCode code;
   std::string message;
diff --git a/absl/status/status.cc b/absl/status/status.cc
index a27fd8b3..c71de846 100644
--- a/absl/status/status.cc
+++ b/absl/status/status.cc
@@ -209,11 +209,8 @@ void Status::UnrefNonInlined(uintptr_t rep) {
 
 uintptr_t Status::NewRep(absl::StatusCode code, absl::string_view msg,
                          std::unique_ptr<status_internal::Payloads> payloads) {
-  status_internal::StatusRep* rep = new status_internal::StatusRep;
-  rep->ref.store(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
-  rep->code = code;
-  rep->message.assign(msg.data(), msg.size());
-  rep->payloads = std::move(payloads);
+  status_internal::StatusRep* rep = new status_internal::StatusRep(
+      code, std::string(msg.data(), msg.size()), std::move(payloads));
   return PointerToRep(rep);
 }