diff --git a/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel b/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
index bcf0c384..34c90ce6 100644
--- a/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ cc_library(
         ":cordz_update_scope",
         ":cordz_update_tracker",
         ":internal",
+        ":resize_and_overwrite",
         ":strings",
         "//absl/base:config",
         "//absl/base:core_headers",
diff --git a/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
index 764d5cd8..da3a54a7 100644
--- a/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ absl_cc_library(
     absl::raw_logging_internal
     absl::span
     absl::strings
+    absl::strings_resize_and_overwrite
     absl::type_traits
     absl::weakly_mixed_integer
   PUBLIC
diff --git a/absl/strings/cord.cc b/absl/strings/cord.cc
index a7e09949..91fcf91c 100644
--- a/absl/strings/cord.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/cord.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "absl/strings/internal/cordz_update_tracker.h"
 #include "absl/strings/internal/resize_uninitialized.h"
 #include "absl/strings/match.h"
+#include "absl/strings/resize_and_overwrite.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/strings/strip.h"
@@ -1055,8 +1056,11 @@ void CopyCordToString(const Cord& src, std::string* absl_nonnull dst) {
   if (!src.contents_.is_tree()) {
     src.contents_.CopyTo(dst);
   } else {
-    absl::strings_internal::STLStringResizeUninitialized(dst, src.size());
-    src.CopyToArraySlowPath(&(*dst)[0]);
+    StringResizeAndOverwrite(*dst, src.size(),
+                             [&src](char* buf, size_t buf_size) {
+                               src.CopyToArraySlowPath(buf);
+                               return buf_size;
+                             });
   }
 }