diff --git a/rust/src/metadata.rs b/rust/src/metadata.rs
index b6a88eef4..8321564fb 100644
--- a/rust/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/rust/src/metadata.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::rc::{Array, CoreArrayProvider, CoreArrayProviderInner, Guard, Ref, Re
 use crate::string::{raw_to_string, BnString, IntoCStr, IntoJson};
 use binaryninjacore_sys::*;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::slice;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ impl Metadata {
                 let list = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, size) };
                 let vec = list
                     .iter()
-                    .map(|ptr| unsafe { BnString::from_raw(*ptr) })
+                    .map(|ptr| BnString::new(unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(*ptr) }))
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                 unsafe { BNFreeMetadataStringList(ptr, size) };
                 Some(vec)
diff --git a/rust/tests/metadata.rs b/rust/tests/metadata.rs
index 6b67c5e05..45328a325 100644
--- a/rust/tests/metadata.rs
+++ b/rust/tests/metadata.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ fn basic_metadata() {
     let metadata_4: Ref<Metadata> = From::from(&vec![1.55f64, 2.55f64]);
     assert_eq!(metadata_4.get_type(), MetadataType::ArrayDataType);
     assert_eq!(metadata_4.get_double_list(), Some(vec![1.55f64, 2.55f64]));
+
+    let metadata_5: Ref<Metadata> = From::from(vec!["one", "two"]);
+    assert_eq!(metadata_5.get_type(), MetadataType::ArrayDataType);
+    let strings = metadata_5
+        .get_string_list()
+        .expect("Expected a string list");
+    let strings: Vec<_> = strings
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| s.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(strings, vec!["one", "two"]);
 }
 
 #[test]