diff --git a/api/candidate.cc b/api/candidate.cc
index 865f8e5787..4311556233 100644
--- a/api/candidate.cc
+++ b/api/candidate.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "api/candidate.h"
 
+#include "absl/base/attributes.h"
 #include "rtc_base/helpers.h"
 #include "rtc_base/ip_address.h"
 #include "rtc_base/logging.h"
@@ -17,10 +18,10 @@
 
 namespace cricket {
 
-const char LOCAL_PORT_TYPE[] = "local";
-const char STUN_PORT_TYPE[] = "stun";
-const char PRFLX_PORT_TYPE[] = "prflx";
-const char RELAY_PORT_TYPE[] = "relay";
+ABSL_CONST_INIT const absl::string_view LOCAL_PORT_TYPE = "local";
+ABSL_CONST_INIT const absl::string_view STUN_PORT_TYPE = "stun";
+ABSL_CONST_INIT const absl::string_view PRFLX_PORT_TYPE = "prflx";
+ABSL_CONST_INIT const absl::string_view RELAY_PORT_TYPE = "relay";
 
 Candidate::Candidate()
     : id_(rtc::CreateRandomString(8)),
diff --git a/api/candidate.h b/api/candidate.h
index 3fefd1114b..12b1512e72 100644
--- a/api/candidate.h
+++ b/api/candidate.h
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ namespace cricket {
 
 // TODO(tommi): These are temporarily here, moved from `port.h` and will
 // eventually be removed once we use enums instead of strings for these values.
-RTC_EXPORT extern const char LOCAL_PORT_TYPE[];
-RTC_EXPORT extern const char STUN_PORT_TYPE[];
-RTC_EXPORT extern const char PRFLX_PORT_TYPE[];
-RTC_EXPORT extern const char RELAY_PORT_TYPE[];
+RTC_EXPORT extern const absl::string_view LOCAL_PORT_TYPE;
+RTC_EXPORT extern const absl::string_view STUN_PORT_TYPE;
+RTC_EXPORT extern const absl::string_view PRFLX_PORT_TYPE;
+RTC_EXPORT extern const absl::string_view RELAY_PORT_TYPE;
 
 // TURN servers are limited to 32 in accordance with
 // https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-pc/#dom-rtcconfiguration-iceservers
diff --git a/pc/rtc_stats_collector_unittest.cc b/pc/rtc_stats_collector_unittest.cc
index 03512bbcde..98cbd2d7e3 100644
--- a/pc/rtc_stats_collector_unittest.cc
+++ b/pc/rtc_stats_collector_unittest.cc
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<cricket::Candidate> CreateFakeCandidate(
     int port,
     const std::string& protocol,
     const rtc::AdapterType adapter_type,
-    const std::string& candidate_type,
+    const absl::string_view candidate_type,
     uint32_t priority,
     const rtc::AdapterType underlying_type_for_vpn =
         rtc::ADAPTER_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {