diff --git a/unix/syscall_aix.go b/unix/syscall_aix.go
index 9eaa2f859..d9f5544cc 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_aix.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_aix.go
@@ -292,9 +292,7 @@ func anyToSockaddr(fd int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny) (Sockaddr, error) {
 				break
 			}
 		}
-
-		bytes := (*[len(pp.Path)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0]))[0:n]
-		sa.Name = string(bytes)
+		sa.Name = string(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0])), n))
 		return sa, nil
 
 	case AF_INET:
diff --git a/unix/syscall_bsd.go b/unix/syscall_bsd.go
index eda42671f..7705c3270 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_bsd.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_bsd.go
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ func anyToSockaddr(fd int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny) (Sockaddr, error) {
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		bytes := (*[len(pp.Path)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0]))[0:n]
-		sa.Name = string(bytes)
+		sa.Name = string(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0])), n))
 		return sa, nil
 
 	case AF_INET:
diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index 448c39bdd..bbcad678b 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -1015,8 +1015,7 @@ func anyToSockaddr(fd int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny) (Sockaddr, error) {
 		for n < len(pp.Path) && pp.Path[n] != 0 {
 			n++
 		}
-		bytes := (*[len(pp.Path)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0]))[0:n]
-		sa.Name = string(bytes)
+		sa.Name = string(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0])), n))
 		return sa, nil
 
 	case AF_INET:
diff --git a/unix/syscall_solaris.go b/unix/syscall_solaris.go
index dc1f3d7a6..d3444b64d 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_solaris.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_solaris.go
@@ -408,8 +408,7 @@ func anyToSockaddr(fd int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny) (Sockaddr, error) {
 		for n < len(pp.Path) && pp.Path[n] != 0 {
 			n++
 		}
-		bytes := (*[len(pp.Path)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0]))[0:n]
-		sa.Name = string(bytes)
+		sa.Name = string(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0])), n))
 		return sa, nil
 
 	case AF_INET:
diff --git a/unix/syscall_zos_s390x.go b/unix/syscall_zos_s390x.go
index 8adcf399b..b295497ae 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_zos_s390x.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_zos_s390x.go
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ func anyToSockaddr(_ int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny) (Sockaddr, error) {
 		for n < int(pp.Len) && pp.Path[n] != 0 {
 			n++
 		}
-		bytes := (*[len(pp.Path)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0]))[0:n]
-		sa.Name = string(bytes)
+		sa.Name = string(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0])), n))
 		return sa, nil
 
 	case AF_INET: