diff --git a/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.go b/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.go
index 2eb717d5652..5c7468978c8 100644
--- a/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.go
+++ b/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "C"
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ func greet(name string) {
 func log(message string) {
 	ptr, size := stringToPtr(message)
 	_log(ptr, size)
+	runtime.KeepAlive(message)
 }
 
 // _log is a WebAssembly import which prints a string (linear memory offset,
@@ -72,13 +74,13 @@ func ptrToString(ptr uint32, size uint32) string {
 	}))
 }
 
-// stringToPtr returns a pointer and size pair for the given string in a way
-// compatible with WebAssembly numeric types.
+// stringToPtr returns a pointer and size pair to the underlying bytes of the given
+// string in a way compatible with WebAssembly numeric types. Since Go strings are
+// immutable, the pointer returned by stringToPtr must not be modified.
 func stringToPtr(s string) (uint32, uint32) {
-	buf := []byte(s)
-	ptr := &buf[0]
+	ptr := unsafe.StringData(s)
 	unsafePtr := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ptr))
-	return uint32(unsafePtr), uint32(len(buf))
+	return uint32(unsafePtr), uint32(len(s))
 }
 
 // stringToLeakedPtr returns a pointer and size pair for the given string in a way
diff --git a/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.wasm b/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.wasm
index 6a7fa978690..cc2fe35ddac 100755
Binary files a/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.wasm and b/examples/allocation/tinygo/testdata/greet.wasm differ