diff --git a/include/fmt/compile.h b/include/fmt/compile.h
index 29226350..b4a1c14b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/compile.h
+++ b/include/fmt/compile.h
@@ -524,9 +524,9 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto formatted_size(const S& fmt, const Args&... args)
 template <typename S, typename... Args,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(detail::is_compiled_string<S>::value)>
 void print(std::FILE* f, const S& fmt, const Args&... args) {
-  memory_buffer buffer;
-  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(buffer), fmt, args...);
-  detail::print(f, {buffer.data(), buffer.size()});
+  auto buf = memory_buffer();
+  fmt::format_to(appender(buf), fmt, args...);
+  detail::print(f, {buf.data(), buf.size()});
 }
 
 template <typename S, typename... Args,
diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index 9e7d3c6d..e3a5dca2 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -265,11 +265,23 @@ TEST(compile_test, to_string_and_formatter) {
   fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), to_stringable());
 }
 
+struct std_context_test {};
+
+FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+template <> struct formatter<std_context_test> : formatter<int> {
+  auto format(std_context_test, format_context& ctx) const
+      -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
+    return ctx.out();
+  }
+};
+FMT_END_NAMESPACE
+
 TEST(compile_test, print) {
   EXPECT_WRITE(stdout, fmt::print(FMT_COMPILE("Don't {}!"), "panic"),
                "Don't panic!");
   EXPECT_WRITE(stderr, fmt::print(stderr, FMT_COMPILE("Don't {}!"), "panic"),
                "Don't panic!");
+  fmt::print(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), std_context_test());
 }
 #endif