diff --git a/src/buffer/slice_deque_buf.rs b/src/buffer/slice_deque_buf.rs
index de4780b..af72f23 100644
--- a/src/buffer/slice_deque_buf.rs
+++ b/src/buffer/slice_deque_buf.rs
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ impl SliceDequeBuf {
     }
 
     pub fn consume(&mut self, amt: usize) {
+        let offset = cmp::min(amt, self.len()) as isize;
+        if offset < 0 {
+            panic!("BufImpl.consume() arg overflowed isize: {:x}", amt)
+        }
         unsafe {
-            let offset = cmp::min(amt, self.len()) as isize;
 
-            if offset < 0 {
-                panic!("BufImpl.consume() arg overflowed isize: {:x}", amt)
-            }
 
             self.deque.move_head(offset);
         }
diff --git a/src/buffer/std_buf.rs b/src/buffer/std_buf.rs
index 7e717c3..c03b9e5 100644
--- a/src/buffer/std_buf.rs
+++ b/src/buffer/std_buf.rs
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ mod impl_ {
 
             buf.reserve_exact(additional);
 
+            let new_cap = buf.capacity();
             unsafe {
-                let new_cap = buf.capacity();
                 buf.set_len(new_cap);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6a5365a..00d9bf3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1038,10 +1038,10 @@ impl Buffer {
 
         let cap = self.capacity();
         if self.zeroed < cap {
-            unsafe {
-                let buf = self.buf.write_buf();
+            
+                let buf = unsafe { self.buf.write_buf() };
                 init_buffer(&rdr, buf);
-            }
+            
 
             self.zeroed = cap;
         }
@@ -1064,8 +1064,8 @@ impl Buffer {
     /// it will fill the usable space and return the number of bytes copied. If there is no usable
     /// space, this returns 0.
     pub fn copy_from_slice(&mut self, src: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        let len = unsafe {
-            let mut buf = self.buf.write_buf();
+        let len = {
+            let mut buf = unsafe { self.buf.write_buf() };
             let len = cmp::min(buf.len(), src.len());
             buf[..len].copy_from_slice(&src[..len]);
             len