diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
index 57247e306dc..b04fba95678 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CXX11
       {
 #if __cpp_lib_is_constant_evaluated
 	if (std::is_constant_evaluated())
-	  _M_local_buf[0] = _CharT();
+	  for (_CharT& __c : _M_local_buf)
+	    __c = _CharT();
 #endif
 	return _M_local_data();
       }
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/21_strings/basic_string/cons/char/105995.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/21_strings/basic_string/cons/char/105995.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa8bcba3dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/21_strings/basic_string/cons/char/105995.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// { dg-options "-std=gnu++20" }
+// { dg-do compile { target c++20 } }
+// { dg-require-effective-target cxx11_abi }
+
+// PR libstdc++/105995
+// Not required by the standard, but supported for QoI.
+constexpr std::string pr105995_empty;
+constexpr std::string pr105995_partial = "0";
+constexpr std::string pr105995_full = "0123456789abcde";