diff --git a/Sources/NIO/ByteBuffer-core.swift b/Sources/NIO/ByteBuffer-core.swift
index 6d74396ba5..5071cf9047 100644
--- a/Sources/NIO/ByteBuffer-core.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIO/ByteBuffer-core.swift
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ extension ByteBuffer: CustomStringConvertible {
 
 /// A `Collection` that is contiguously layed out in memory and can therefore be duplicated using `memcpy`.
 public protocol ContiguousCollection: Collection {
+    @_inlineable
     func withUnsafeBytes<R>(_ body: (UnsafeRawBufferPointer) throws -> R) rethrows -> R
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift b/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift
index 084ffc7ca8..6f35f300fe 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import struct Foundation.Data
  */
 
 extension Data: ContiguousCollection {
+    @_inlineable
     public func withUnsafeBytes<R>(_ body: (UnsafeRawBufferPointer) throws -> R) rethrows -> R {
         return try self.withUnsafeBytes { (ptr: UnsafePointer<UInt8>) -> R in
             try body(UnsafeRawBufferPointer(start: ptr, count: self.count))