diff --git a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
index dfda1f05..29003a90 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl Serialize for String {
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        (&self[..]).serialize(serializer)
+        serializer.serialize_str(self)
     }
 }