1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
index 2397c929f7..c533c5ae71 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static grpc_channel_args *BuildChannelArgs(NSDictionary *dictionary) {
   return grpc_channel_create_call(_unmanagedChannel,
                                   NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS,
                                   queue.unmanagedQueue,
-                                  path.UTF8String,
+                                  grpc_slice_from_copied_string(path.UTF8String),
                                   NULL, // Passing NULL for host
                                   gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), NULL);
 }