diff --git a/src/array.rs b/src/array.rs
index 7fb3ec7..f008194 100644
--- a/src/array.rs
+++ b/src/array.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ impl<T: Clone, LenT: ValidLength> Clone for FixedArray<T, LenT> {
         unsafe { Self::from_box_with_nonzero(ptr, self.len) }
     }
 
+    #[allow(clippy::assigning_clones)]
     fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self) {
         if self.len() == source.len() {
             self.clone_from_slice(source);
diff --git a/src/inline.rs b/src/inline.rs
index fadaf33..5d66fb7 100644
--- a/src/inline.rs
+++ b/src/inline.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use core::mem::size_of;
+
 use crate::ValidLength;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "typesize")]
@@ -61,8 +63,12 @@ impl<StrRepr: Copy + AsRef<[u8]> + AsMut<[u8]> + Default + TypeSize> InlineStrin
         StrRepr::default().as_ref().len()
     }
 
-    pub fn from_str(val: &str) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_str(val: &str) -> Option<Self> {
         let mut arr = StrRepr::default();
+        if val.len() > size_of::<Self>() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
         arr.as_mut()[..val.len()].copy_from_slice(val.as_bytes());
 
         if val.len() != Self::max_len() {
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ impl<StrRepr: Copy + AsRef<[u8]> + AsMut<[u8]> + Default + TypeSize> InlineStrin
             arr.as_mut()[val.len()] = Self::TERMINATOR;
         }
 
-        Self { arr }
+        Some(Self { arr })
     }
 
     pub fn len(&self) -> u8 {
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ mod tests {
         Repr: Copy + AsRef<[u8]> + AsMut<[u8]> + Default + TypeSize,
     {
         let inline = InlineString::<Repr>::from_str(original);
-        assert_eq!(original, inline.as_str());
+        assert_eq!(original, inline.expect("should not overflow").as_str());
     }
 
     fn check_roundtrip_repr<Repr: Copy + AsRef<[u8]> + AsMut<[u8]> + Default + TypeSize>() {
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic(expected = "range end index 9 out of range for slice of length 8")]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "should not overflow")]
     fn check_overflow() {
         check_roundtrip::<[u8; 8]>("012345678");
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7c4aa5e..3b2e47c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly", feature(portable_simd))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "std", allow(unused_imports))]
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic, clippy::as_conversions)]
-#![allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
+#![allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions, unknown_lints)]
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
diff --git a/src/string.rs b/src/string.rs
index ee28a78..7e1fd3a 100644
--- a/src/string.rs
+++ b/src/string.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ use alloc::{
     string::{String, ToString},
     sync::Arc,
 };
-use core::{borrow::Borrow, cmp::PartialEq, fmt::Write as _, hash::Hash};
+use core::{borrow::Borrow, fmt::Write as _, hash::Hash};
 
 use crate::{
     array::FixedArray,
-    inline::{get_heap_threshold, InlineString},
+    inline::InlineString,
     length::{InvalidStrLength, SmallLen, ValidLength},
     r#static::StaticStr,
 };
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ impl<LenT: ValidLength> FixedString<LenT> {
         Self::from_static_trunc("")
     }
 
-    /// # Panics
-    /// Panics if val does not fit in the heap threshold.
-    pub(crate) fn new_inline(val: &str) -> Self {
-        Self(FixedStringRepr::Inline(InlineString::from_str(val)))
+    pub(crate) fn new_inline(val: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        InlineString::from_str(val)
+            .map(FixedStringRepr::Inline)
+            .map(Self)
     }
 
     /// Converts a `&'static str` into a [`FixedString`].
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ impl<LenT: ValidLength> FixedString<LenT> {
     /// See [`Self::from_string_trunc`] for truncation behaviour.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn from_str_trunc(val: &str) -> Self {
-        if val.len() <= get_heap_threshold::<LenT>() {
-            return Self::new_inline(val);
+        if let Some(inline) = Self::new_inline(val) {
+            inline
+        } else {
+            Self::from_string_trunc(val.to_owned())
         }
-
-        Self::from_string_trunc(val.to_owned())
     }
 
     /// Converts a [`String`] into a [`FixedString`], **truncating** if the value is larger than `LenT`'s maximum.
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ impl<LenT: ValidLength> Clone for FixedString<LenT> {
     fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self) {
         match (&mut self.0, &source.0) {
             (FixedStringRepr::Heap(new), FixedStringRepr::Heap(src)) => new.clone_from(src),
+            #[allow(clippy::assigning_clones)]
             _ => *self = source.clone(),
         }
     }
@@ -251,9 +252,8 @@ impl<LenT: ValidLength> TryFrom<Box<str>> for FixedString<LenT> {
     type Error = InvalidStrLength;
 
     fn try_from(value: Box<str>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        if value.len() <= get_heap_threshold::<LenT>() {
-            let inner = InlineString::from_str(&value);
-            return Ok(Self(FixedStringRepr::Inline(inner)));
+        if let Some(inline) = Self::new_inline(&value) {
+            return Ok(inline);
         }
 
         match value.into_boxed_bytes().try_into() {
@@ -329,11 +329,11 @@ impl<'de, LenT: ValidLength> serde::Deserialize<'de> for FixedString<LenT> {
             }
 
             fn visit_str<E: serde::de::Error>(self, val: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-                if val.len() <= get_heap_threshold::<LenT>() {
-                    return Ok(FixedString::new_inline(val));
+                if let Some(inline) = FixedString::new_inline(val) {
+                    Ok(inline)
+                } else {
+                    FixedString::try_from(Box::from(val)).map_err(E::custom)
                 }
-
-                FixedString::try_from(Box::from(val)).map_err(E::custom)
             }
 
             fn visit_string<E: serde::de::Error>(self, val: String) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {