diff --git a/iguana/pb_reader.hpp b/iguana/pb_reader.hpp
index 09a91bd4..af953f7d 100644
--- a/iguana/pb_reader.hpp
+++ b/iguana/pb_reader.hpp
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ IGUANA_INLINE void from_pb_impl(T& val, std::string_view& pb_str,
               "Invalid fixed int value: too few bytes.");
         }
 
-      detail::resize(val, size);
+      // detail::resize(val, size);
+      val.resize(size);
       size_t index = 0;
       size_t start = pb_str.size();
       while (!pb_str.empty() && index < size) {
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ IGUANA_INLINE void from_pb_impl(T& val, std::string_view& pb_str,
         index++;
         if (start - pb_str.size() == size) {
           if (index < size) {
-            detail::resize(val, index);
+            // detail::resize(val, index);
+            val.resize(index);
           }
           break;
         }