diff --git a/soroban-env-common/src/symbol.rs b/soroban-env-common/src/symbol.rs
index 07ab6d418..cb2d9e3a5 100644
--- a/soroban-env-common/src/symbol.rs
+++ b/soroban-env-common/src/symbol.rs
@@ -319,9 +319,17 @@ impl<E: Env> TryFromVal<E, Symbol> for SymbolStr {
         } else {
             let obj: SymbolObject = unsafe { SymbolObject::unchecked_from_val(v.0) };
             let mut arr = [0u8; SCSYMBOL_LIMIT as usize];
-            env.symbol_copy_to_slice(obj, Val::U32_ZERO, &mut arr)
-                .map_err(Into::into)?;
-            Ok(SymbolStr(arr))
+            let len: u32 = env.symbol_len(obj).map_err(Into::into)?.into();
+            if let Some(slice) = arr.get_mut(..len as usize) {
+                env.symbol_copy_to_slice(obj, Val::U32_ZERO, slice)
+                    .map_err(Into::into)?;
+                Ok(SymbolStr(arr))
+            } else {
+                Err(crate::Error::from_type_and_code(
+                    crate::xdr::ScErrorType::Value,
+                    crate::xdr::ScErrorCode::InternalError,
+                ))
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs b/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs
index f6a9dafa8..cf185fcb7 100644
--- a/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs
+++ b/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs
@@ -1123,8 +1123,7 @@ impl EnvBase for Host {
         b_pos: U32Val,
         slice: &mut [u8],
     ) -> Result<(), HostError> {
-        let len = self.visit_obj(s, |sym: &ScSymbol| Ok(sym.len()))?;
-        self.memobj_copy_to_slice::<ScSymbol>(s, b_pos, &mut slice[..len])
+        self.memobj_copy_to_slice::<ScSymbol>(s, b_pos, slice)
     }
 
     fn bytes_new_from_slice(&self, mem: &[u8]) -> Result<BytesObject, HostError> {