diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/Utils.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/Utils.java
index dc803960c3b7c..0c43fefa28469 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/Utils.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/Utils.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public static void copy(MemorySegment addr, byte[] bytes) {
     }
 
     public static MemorySegment toCString(byte[] bytes, SegmentAllocator allocator) {
-        MemorySegment addr = allocator.allocate(bytes.length + 1, 1L);
+        MemorySegment addr = allocator.allocate(bytes.length + 1);
         copy(addr, bytes);
         return addr;
     }
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestSegmentAllocators.java b/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestSegmentAllocators.java
index 7bcba567672c8..1bbb7014cc46a 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestSegmentAllocators.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestSegmentAllocators.java
@@ -185,6 +185,25 @@ public MemorySegment allocateArray(MemoryLayout elementLayout, long count) {
         assertEquals(calls.get(), 7);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testStringAllocateDelegation() {
+        AtomicInteger calls = new AtomicInteger();
+        SegmentAllocator allocator = new SegmentAllocator() {
+            @Override
+            public MemorySegment allocate(long bytesSize, long bytesAlignment) {
+                return MemorySegment.allocateNative(bytesSize, bytesAlignment, MemorySession.openImplicit());
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public MemorySegment allocate(long size) {
+                calls.incrementAndGet();
+                return allocate(size, 1);
+            };
+        };
+        allocator.allocateUtf8String("Hello");
+        assertEquals(calls.get(), 1);
+    }
+
 
     @Test(dataProvider = "arrayAllocations")
     public <Z> void testArray(AllocationFactory allocationFactory, ValueLayout layout, AllocationFunction<Object, ValueLayout> allocationFunction, ToArrayHelper<Z> arrayHelper) {