diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/device_info.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/device_info.hpp
index 959094d018d3e..41c1dd67969a9 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/device_info.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/device_info.hpp
@@ -208,11 +208,16 @@ device_impl::get_device_info_string(ur_device_info_t InfoCode) const {
   if (resultSize == 0) {
     return std::string();
   }
-  std::unique_ptr<char[]> result(new char[resultSize]);
+  std::string result;
+  // C++23's `resize_and_overwrite` would be better...
+  //
+  // UR counts null terminator in the size, std::string doesn't. Adjust by "-1"
+  // for that.
+  result.resize(resultSize - 1);
   getAdapter()->call<UrApiKind::urDeviceGetInfo>(
-      getHandleRef(), InfoCode, resultSize, result.get(), nullptr);
+      getHandleRef(), InfoCode, resultSize, result.data(), nullptr);
 
-  return std::string(result.get());
+  return result;
 }
 
 // Specialization for string return type, variable return size