diff --git a/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.cpp b/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.cpp
index 9d6af7d7e1..da00fd8b88 100644
--- a/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.cpp
+++ b/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.cpp
@@ -82,10 +82,9 @@ const Symbol* SymbolTable::lookup(SymbolTable* writableSymbolTable, const Symbol
 }
 
 const String* SymbolTable::takeOwnershipOfString(String str) {
-    fOwnedStrings.push_back(std::move(str));
-    // Because fOwnedStrings is a deque and we only push_back new elements onto it, and never erase
-    // or reorder, returning a pointer to an element here is safe.
-    return &fOwnedStrings.back();
+    fOwnedStrings.push_front(std::move(str));
+    // Because fOwnedStrings is a linked list, pointers to elements are stable.
+    return &fOwnedStrings.front();
 }
 
 void SymbolTable::addAlias(StringFragment name, const Symbol* symbol) {
diff --git a/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.h b/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.h
index e3bea7a5c7..3167d792a7 100644
--- a/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.h
+++ b/src/sksl/ir/SkSLSymbolTable.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "include/private/SkTHash.h"
 #include "src/sksl/SkSLErrorReporter.h"
 
-#include <deque>
+#include <forward_list>
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ private:
 
     bool fBuiltin = false;
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IRNode>> fOwnedNodes;
-    // A deque is used here because insertion is guaranteed not to invalidate the pointers inside.
-    std::deque<String> fOwnedStrings;
+    std::forward_list<String> fOwnedStrings;
     SkTHashMap<SymbolKey, const Symbol*, SymbolKey::Hash> fSymbols;
     ErrorReporter& fErrorReporter;