diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
index 81d3294e735..ce2acb5ac17 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
@@ -665,24 +665,15 @@ static int ConvParam(PyObject *obj, Py_ssize_t index, struct argument *pa)
         pa->keep = obj;
         return 0;
 #else
-        int size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
         pa->ffi_type = &ffi_type_pointer;
-        size += 1; /* terminating NUL */
-        size *= sizeof(wchar_t);
-        pa->value.p = PyMem_Malloc(size);
-        if (!pa->value.p) {
-            PyErr_NoMemory();
+        pa->value.p = PyUnicode_AsWideCharString((PyUnicodeObject *)obj, NULL);
+        if (pa->value.p == NULL)
             return -1;
-        }
-        memset(pa->value.p, 0, size);
         pa->keep = PyCapsule_New(pa->value.p, CTYPES_CAPSULE_NAME_PYMEM, pymem_destructor);
         if (!pa->keep) {
             PyMem_Free(pa->value.p);
             return -1;
         }
-        if (-1 == PyUnicode_AsWideChar((PyUnicodeObject *)obj,
-                                       pa->value.p, PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj)))
-            return -1;
         return 0;
 #endif
     }
@@ -1147,7 +1138,7 @@ PyObject *_ctypes_callproc(PPROC pProc,
     }
     for (i = 0; i < argcount; ++i) {
         atypes[i] = args[i].ffi_type;
-        if (atypes[i]->type == FFI_TYPE_STRUCT 
+        if (atypes[i]->type == FFI_TYPE_STRUCT
 #ifdef _WIN64
             && atypes[i]->size <= sizeof(void *)
 #endif
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c b/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
index 3d7d0bca891..ba60deb0ad8 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
@@ -1433,15 +1433,11 @@ Z_set(void *ptr, PyObject *value, Py_ssize_t size)
         PyObject *keep;
         wchar_t *buffer;
 
-        int size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(value);
-        size += 1; /* terminating NUL */
-        size *= sizeof(wchar_t);
-        buffer = (wchar_t *)PyMem_Malloc(size);
+        buffer = PyUnicode_AsWideCharString((PyUnicodeObject *)value, NULL);
         if (!buffer) {
             Py_DECREF(value);
-            return PyErr_NoMemory();
+            return NULL;
         }
-        memset(buffer, 0, size);
         keep = PyCapsule_New(buffer, CTYPES_CFIELD_CAPSULE_NAME_PYMEM, pymem_destructor);
         if (!keep) {
             Py_DECREF(value);
@@ -1449,12 +1445,6 @@ Z_set(void *ptr, PyObject *value, Py_ssize_t size)
             return NULL;
         }
         *(wchar_t **)ptr = (wchar_t *)buffer;
-        if (-1 == PyUnicode_AsWideChar((PyUnicodeObject *)value,
-                                       buffer, PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(value))) {
-            Py_DECREF(value);
-            Py_DECREF(keep);
-            return NULL;
-        }
         Py_DECREF(value);
         return keep;
     }