diff --git a/axum/src/routing/mod.rs b/axum/src/routing/mod.rs
index a44bb3d1..ca178a75 100644
--- a/axum/src/routing/mod.rs
+++ b/axum/src/routing/mod.rs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ where
 }
 
 fn replace_trailing_slash(uri: &Uri, new_path: &str) -> Uri {
-    let mut new_path_and_query = new_path.to_string();
+    let mut new_path_and_query = new_path.to_owned();
     if let Some(query) = uri.query() {
         new_path_and_query.push('?');
         new_path_and_query.push_str(query);