diff --git a/base/containers/span.h b/base/containers/span.h
index fc7f58d8e4be25..9696f33e859eec 100644
--- a/base/containers/span.h
+++ b/base/containers/span.h
@@ -468,32 +468,33 @@ constexpr void swap(span<T, X>& lhs, span<T, X>& rhs) noexcept {
 }
 
 // Type-deducing helpers for constructing a span.
-template <typename T>
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T>
 constexpr span<T> make_span(T* data, size_t size) noexcept {
   return {data, size};
 }
 
-template <typename T>
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T>
 constexpr span<T> make_span(T* begin, T* end) noexcept {
   return {begin, end};
 }
 
-template <typename T, size_t N>
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T, size_t N>
 constexpr span<T, N> make_span(T (&array)[N]) noexcept {
   return array;
 }
 
-template <typename T, size_t N>
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T, size_t N>
 constexpr span<T, N> make_span(std::array<T, N>& array) noexcept {
   return array;
 }
 
-template <typename T, size_t N>
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T, size_t N>
 constexpr span<const T, N> make_span(const std::array<T, N>& array) noexcept {
   return array;
 }
 
-template <typename Container,
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier,
+          typename Container,
           typename T = std::remove_pointer_t<
               decltype(base::data(std::declval<Container&>()))>,
           typename = internal::EnableIfSpanCompatibleContainer<Container&, T>>
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ constexpr span<T> make_span(Container& container) noexcept {
 }
 
 template <
+    int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier,
     typename Container,
     typename T = std::remove_pointer_t<
         decltype(base::data(std::declval<const Container&>()))>,
@@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ constexpr span<T> make_span(const Container& container) noexcept {
 }
 
 template <size_t N,
+          int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier,
           typename Container,
           typename T = std::remove_pointer_t<
               decltype(base::data(std::declval<Container&>()))>,
@@ -521,6 +524,7 @@ constexpr span<T, N> make_span(Container& container) noexcept {
 
 template <
     size_t N,
+    int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier,
     typename Container,
     typename T = std::remove_pointer_t<
         decltype(base::data(std::declval<const Container&>()))>,
@@ -529,7 +533,7 @@ constexpr span<T, N> make_span(const Container& container) noexcept {
   return span<T, N>(container);
 }
 
-template <typename T, size_t X>
+template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T, size_t X>
 constexpr span<T, X> make_span(const span<T, X>& span) noexcept {
   return span;
 }
diff --git a/cc/tiles/gpu_image_decode_cache.cc b/cc/tiles/gpu_image_decode_cache.cc
index 46a1aaadb64b8a..1d795dff25dd6a 100644
--- a/cc/tiles/gpu_image_decode_cache.cc
+++ b/cc/tiles/gpu_image_decode_cache.cc
@@ -2026,8 +2026,7 @@ void GpuImageDecodeCache::UploadImageIfNecessary(const DrawImage& draw_image,
           ClientImageTransferCacheEntry::GetNextId();
       const gpu::SyncToken decode_sync_token =
           context_->RasterInterface()->ScheduleImageDecode(
-              base::make_span<const uint8_t>(encoded_data->bytes(),
-                                             encoded_data->size()),
+              base::make_span(encoded_data->bytes(), encoded_data->size()),
               output_size, transfer_cache_id,
               color_space ? gfx::ColorSpace(*color_space) : gfx::ColorSpace(),
               image_data->needs_mips);
diff --git a/content/browser/devtools/protocol/webauthn_handler.cc b/content/browser/devtools/protocol/webauthn_handler.cc
index c16b6567ee5bee..2287be174203b3 100644
--- a/content/browser/devtools/protocol/webauthn_handler.cc
+++ b/content/browser/devtools/protocol/webauthn_handler.cc
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ Response WebAuthnHandler::AddCredential(
   } else {
     credential_created = authenticator->AddRegistration(
         CopyBinaryToVector(credential->GetCredentialId()),
-        base::make_span<uint8_t, device::kRpIdHashLength>(
-            device::fido_parsing_utils::CreateSHA256Hash(rp_id)),
+        device::fido_parsing_utils::CreateSHA256Hash(rp_id),
         CopyBinaryToVector(credential->GetPrivateKey()),
         credential->GetSignCount());
   }
diff --git a/content/browser/web_package/signed_exchange_envelope_unittest.cc b/content/browser/web_package/signed_exchange_envelope_unittest.cc
index 506580359baa0b..9c23b59874e32c 100644
--- a/content/browser/web_package/signed_exchange_envelope_unittest.cc
+++ b/content/browser/web_package/signed_exchange_envelope_unittest.cc
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ TEST_P(SignedExchangeEnvelopeTest, ParseGoldenFile) {
   base::StringPiece signature_header_field(
       contents.data() + signature_header_field_offset,
       prologue_b.signature_header_field_length());
-  const auto cbor_bytes = base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-      contents_bytes + signature_header_field_offset +
-          prologue_b.signature_header_field_length(),
-      prologue_b.cbor_header_length());
+  const auto cbor_bytes =
+      base::make_span(contents_bytes + signature_header_field_offset +
+                          prologue_b.signature_header_field_length(),
+                      prologue_b.cbor_header_length());
   const base::Optional<SignedExchangeEnvelope> envelope =
       SignedExchangeEnvelope::Parse(
           SignedExchangeVersion::kB3, prologue_b.fallback_url(),
diff --git a/ipc/message_view.cc b/ipc/message_view.cc
index 4ce1db4bf923a6..49a80878e7a92c 100644
--- a/ipc/message_view.cc
+++ b/ipc/message_view.cc
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ MessageView::MessageView() = default;
 MessageView::MessageView(
     const Message& message,
     base::Optional<std::vector<mojo::native::SerializedHandlePtr>> handles)
-    : buffer_view_(base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-          static_cast<const uint8_t*>(message.data()),
-          message.size())),
+    : buffer_view_(base::make_span(static_cast<const uint8_t*>(message.data()),
+                                   message.size())),
       handles_(std::move(handles)) {}
 
 MessageView::MessageView(
diff --git a/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_image_decode_accelerator_worker.cc b/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_image_decode_accelerator_worker.cc
index 6e2e9ff2417211..56de4e8c804800 100644
--- a/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_image_decode_accelerator_worker.cc
+++ b/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_image_decode_accelerator_worker.cc
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ void DecodeTask(
     DVLOGF(1) << "No decoder is available for supplied image";
     return;
   }
-  VaapiImageDecodeStatus status = decoder->Decode(
-      base::make_span<const uint8_t>(encoded_data.data(), encoded_data.size()));
+  VaapiImageDecodeStatus status = decoder->Decode(encoded_data);
   if (status != VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kSuccess) {
     DVLOGF(1) << "Failed to decode - status = "
               << static_cast<uint32_t>(status);
@@ -177,17 +176,15 @@ VaapiImageDecodeAcceleratorWorker::GetSupportedProfiles() {
 VaapiImageDecoder* VaapiImageDecodeAcceleratorWorker::GetDecoderForImage(
     const std::vector<uint8_t>& encoded_data) {
   DCHECK_CALLED_ON_VALID_SEQUENCE(io_sequence_checker_);
-  auto encoded_data_span =
-      base::make_span<const uint8_t>(encoded_data.data(), encoded_data.size());
   auto result = decoders_.end();
 
   if (base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(
           features::kVaapiJpegImageDecodeAcceleration) &&
-      IsJpegImage(encoded_data_span)) {
+      IsJpegImage(encoded_data)) {
     result = decoders_.find(gpu::ImageDecodeAcceleratorType::kJpeg);
   } else if (base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(
                  features::kVaapiWebPImageDecodeAcceleration) &&
-             IsLossyWebPImage(encoded_data_span)) {
+             IsLossyWebPImage(encoded_data)) {
     result = decoders_.find(gpu::ImageDecodeAcceleratorType::kWebP);
   }
 
diff --git a/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_jpeg_decoder_unittest.cc b/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_jpeg_decoder_unittest.cc
index 5202b3914d8b62..29a48b8e343c1a 100644
--- a/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_jpeg_decoder_unittest.cc
+++ b/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_jpeg_decoder_unittest.cc
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ TEST_P(VaapiJpegDecoderTest, DecodeSucceeds) {
   std::string jpeg_data;
   ASSERT_TRUE(base::ReadFileToString(input_file, &jpeg_data))
       << "failed to read input data from " << input_file.value();
-  const auto encoded_image = base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-      reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(jpeg_data.data()), jpeg_data.size());
+  const auto encoded_image = base::as_bytes(base::make_span(jpeg_data));
 
   // Skip the image if the VAAPI driver doesn't claim to support its chroma
   // subsampling format. However, we expect at least 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 support.
@@ -468,8 +467,7 @@ TEST_F(VaapiJpegDecoderTest, DecodeSucceedsForSupportedSizes) {
                                              {max_width, max_height}};
   for (const auto& test_size : test_sizes) {
     const std::vector<unsigned char> jpeg_data = GenerateJpegImage(test_size);
-    auto jpeg_data_span = base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-        reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(jpeg_data.data()), jpeg_data.size());
+    auto jpeg_data_span = base::as_bytes(base::make_span(jpeg_data));
     ASSERT_FALSE(jpeg_data.empty());
     std::unique_ptr<ScopedVAImage> scoped_image = Decode(jpeg_data_span);
     ASSERT_TRUE(scoped_image)
@@ -513,8 +511,7 @@ TEST_P(VaapiJpegDecoderWithDmaBufsTest, DecodeSucceeds) {
   std::string jpeg_data;
   ASSERT_TRUE(base::ReadFileToString(input_file, &jpeg_data))
       << "failed to read input data from " << input_file.value();
-  const auto encoded_image = base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-      reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(jpeg_data.data()), jpeg_data.size());
+  const auto encoded_image = base::as_bytes(base::make_span(jpeg_data));
 
   // Decode into a VAAPI-allocated surface.
   const VaapiImageDecodeStatus decode_status = decoder_.Decode(encoded_image);
@@ -667,10 +664,7 @@ TEST_F(VaapiJpegDecoderTest, DecodeFailsForBelowMinSize) {
     const std::vector<unsigned char> jpeg_data = GenerateJpegImage(test_size);
     ASSERT_FALSE(jpeg_data.empty());
     VaapiImageDecodeStatus status = VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kSuccess;
-    ASSERT_FALSE(Decode(base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-                            reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(jpeg_data.data()),
-                            jpeg_data.size()),
-                        &status))
+    ASSERT_FALSE(Decode(base::as_bytes(base::make_span(jpeg_data)), &status))
         << "Decode unexpectedly succeeded for size = " << test_size.ToString();
     EXPECT_EQ(VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kUnsupportedImage, status);
     EXPECT_FALSE(decoder_.GetScopedVASurface());
@@ -717,10 +711,7 @@ TEST_F(VaapiJpegDecoderTest, DecodeFailsForAboveMaxSize) {
     const std::vector<unsigned char> jpeg_data = GenerateJpegImage(test_size);
     ASSERT_FALSE(jpeg_data.empty());
     VaapiImageDecodeStatus status = VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kSuccess;
-    ASSERT_FALSE(Decode(base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-                            reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(jpeg_data.data()),
-                            jpeg_data.size()),
-                        &status))
+    ASSERT_FALSE(Decode(base::as_bytes(base::make_span(jpeg_data)), &status))
         << "Decode unexpectedly succeeded for size = " << test_size.ToString();
     EXPECT_EQ(VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kUnsupportedImage, status);
     EXPECT_FALSE(decoder_.GetScopedVASurface());
@@ -734,10 +725,7 @@ TEST_F(VaapiJpegDecoderTest, DecodeFails) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(base::ReadFileToString(input_file, &jpeg_data))
       << "failed to read input data from " << input_file.value();
   VaapiImageDecodeStatus status = VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kSuccess;
-  ASSERT_FALSE(Decode(
-      base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-          reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(jpeg_data.data()), jpeg_data.size()),
-      &status));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(Decode(base::as_bytes(base::make_span(jpeg_data)), &status));
   EXPECT_EQ(VaapiImageDecodeStatus::kUnsupportedSubsampling, status);
   EXPECT_FALSE(decoder_.GetScopedVASurface());
 }
diff --git a/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_webp_decoder_unittest.cc b/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_webp_decoder_unittest.cc
index 623e4d66452a89..5561f7b61202d1 100644
--- a/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_webp_decoder_unittest.cc
+++ b/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_webp_decoder_unittest.cc
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ TEST_P(VaapiWebPDecoderTest, DecodeAndExportAsNativePixmapDmaBuf) {
   std::string webp_data;
   ASSERT_TRUE(base::ReadFileToString(input_file, &webp_data))
       << "failed to read input data from " << input_file.value();
-  const auto encoded_image = base::make_span<const uint8_t>(
-      reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(webp_data.data()), webp_data.size());
+  const auto encoded_image = base::as_bytes(base::make_span(webp_data));
 
   // Decode the image using the VA-API and wrap the decoded image in a
   // DecodedImage object.