diff --git a/include/gsl/span b/include/gsl/span
index 4681465..89574b2 100644
--- a/include/gsl/span
+++ b/include/gsl/span
@@ -772,10 +772,11 @@ template <class ElementType, std::size_t Extent>
 span<const byte, details::calculate_byte_size<ElementType, Extent>::value>
 as_bytes(span<ElementType, Extent> s) noexcept
 {
+    using type = span<const byte, details::calculate_byte_size<ElementType, Extent>::value>;
+
     // clang-format off
     GSL_SUPPRESS(type.1) // NO-FORMAT: attribute
     // clang-format on
-    using type = span<const byte, details::calculate_byte_size<ElementType, Extent>::value>;
     return type{reinterpret_cast<const byte*>(s.data()), s.size_bytes()};
 }
 
@@ -784,10 +785,11 @@ template <class ElementType, std::size_t Extent,
 span<byte, details::calculate_byte_size<ElementType, Extent>::value>
 as_writable_bytes(span<ElementType, Extent> s) noexcept
 {
+    using type = span<byte, details::calculate_byte_size<ElementType, Extent>::value>;
+
     // clang-format off
     GSL_SUPPRESS(type.1) // NO-FORMAT: attribute
     // clang-format on
-    using type = span<byte, details::calculate_byte_size<ElementType, Extent>::value>;
     return type{reinterpret_cast<byte*>(s.data()), s.size_bytes()};
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/span_tests.cpp b/tests/span_tests.cpp
index 44198a6..ce881ba 100644
--- a/tests/span_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/span_tests.cpp
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ TEST(span_test, from_array_constructor)
  #endif
      {
          auto f = [&]() {
-             span<int, 4> _s4{arr2, 2};
+             const span<int, 4> _s4{arr2, 2};
              static_cast<void>(_s4);
          };
          EXPECT_DEATH(f(), deathstring);