diff --git a/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs b/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs
index fb35d31f2d1..3c685fbe86c 100644
--- a/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs
+++ b/clap_derive/src/attrs.rs
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ impl Attrs {
                         quote_spanned!(ident.span()=> {
                             static DEFAULT_VALUE: clap::once_cell::sync::Lazy<::std::ffi::OsString> = clap::once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(|| {
                                 let val: #ty = #val;
-                                ::std::ffi::OsString = val.into()
+                                ::std::ffi::OsString::from(val)
                             });
                             &*DEFAULT_VALUE
                         })
diff --git a/tests/derive/default_value.rs b/tests/derive/default_value.rs
index fc07e4c1128..6a78f8d6b75 100644
--- a/tests/derive/default_value.rs
+++ b/tests/derive/default_value.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use clap::{CommandFactory, Parser};
 
 use crate::utils;
@@ -44,6 +46,30 @@ fn auto_default_value_t() {
     assert!(help.contains("[default: 0]"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn default_value_os_t() {
+    #[derive(Parser, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct Opt {
+        #[clap(value_parser, default_value_os_t = PathBuf::from("abc.def"))]
+        arg: PathBuf,
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        Opt {
+            arg: PathBuf::from("abc.def")
+        },
+        Opt::try_parse_from(&["test"]).unwrap()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        Opt {
+            arg: PathBuf::from("ghi")
+        },
+        Opt::try_parse_from(&["test", "ghi"]).unwrap()
+    );
+
+    let help = utils::get_long_help::<Opt>();
+    assert!(help.contains("[default: abc.def]"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn detect_os_variant() {
     #![allow(unused_parens)] // needed for `as_ref` call