diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Array.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Array.cs
index 3bef3b217fd3d..cffc630ab123d 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Array.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Array.cs
@@ -794,8 +794,7 @@ public static void Fill<T>(T[] array, T value)
             }
             else
             {
-                var span = new Span<T>(ref MemoryMarshal.GetArrayDataReference(array), array.Length);
-                span.Fill(value);
+                new Span<T>(array).Fill(value);
             }
         }