diff -r fc7897cb74a5 -r c2c0eb8398da libpurple/protocols/ircv3/purpleircv3connection.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/ircv3/purpleircv3connection.c	Wed Jul 19 23:23:17 2023 -0500
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/ircv3/purpleircv3connection.c	Wed Jul 19 23:26:58 2023 -0500
@@ -596,9 +596,7 @@
 	g_string_append(msg, "\r\n");
 
 	/* Finally turn the string into bytes and send it! */
-	bytes = g_bytes_new_take(msg->str, msg->len);
-	g_string_free(msg, FALSE);
-
+	bytes = g_string_free_to_bytes(msg);
 	purple_queued_output_stream_push_bytes_async(priv->output, bytes,
 	                                             G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
 	                                             priv->cancellable,