diff --git a/src/internal/coverage/encodemeta/encode.go b/src/internal/coverage/encodemeta/encode.go
index a01e6fc9ea4..1bc950637f6 100644
--- a/src/internal/coverage/encodemeta/encode.go
+++ b/src/internal/coverage/encodemeta/encode.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package encodemeta
 // instrumentation is turned on.
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
@@ -82,8 +83,7 @@ func (b *CoverageMetaDataBuilder) AddFunc(f coverage.FuncDesc) uint {
 		lit = 1
 	}
 	b.tmp = uleb128.AppendUleb128(b.tmp, lit)
-	fd.encoded = make([]byte, len(b.tmp))
-	copy(fd.encoded, b.tmp)
+	fd.encoded = bytes.Clone(b.tmp)
 	rv := uint(len(b.funcs))
 	b.funcs = append(b.funcs, fd)
 	return rv
diff --git a/src/internal/fuzz/fuzz.go b/src/internal/fuzz/fuzz.go
index 9ce39cbcf05..f3f0d954693 100644
--- a/src/internal/fuzz/fuzz.go
+++ b/src/internal/fuzz/fuzz.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package fuzz
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"errors"
@@ -775,8 +776,7 @@ func (c *coordinator) peekInput() (fuzzInput, bool) {
 		warmup:  c.warmupRun(),
 	}
 	if c.coverageMask != nil {
-		input.coverageData = make([]byte, len(c.coverageMask))
-		copy(input.coverageData, c.coverageMask)
+		input.coverageData = bytes.Clone(c.coverageMask)
 	}
 	if input.warmup {
 		// No fuzzing will occur, but it should count toward the limit set by
diff --git a/src/internal/fuzz/mem.go b/src/internal/fuzz/mem.go
index ea29b60607f..4155e4e83e2 100644
--- a/src/internal/fuzz/mem.go
+++ b/src/internal/fuzz/mem.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package fuzz
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -102,9 +103,7 @@ func (m *sharedMem) valueRef() []byte {
 // valueCopy returns a copy of the value stored in shared memory.
 func (m *sharedMem) valueCopy() []byte {
 	ref := m.valueRef()
-	b := make([]byte, len(ref))
-	copy(b, ref)
-	return b
+	return bytes.Clone(ref)
 }
 
 // setValue copies the data in b into the shared memory buffer and sets