diff --git a/futures-util/src/io/buf_reader.rs b/futures-util/src/io/buf_reader.rs
index deff1044a..30611bd8d 100644
--- a/futures-util/src/io/buf_reader.rs
+++ b/futures-util/src/io/buf_reader.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ impl<R: AsyncRead> BufReader<R> {
         let buffer = vec![0; capacity];
         Self { inner, buffer: buffer.into_boxed_slice(), pos: 0, cap: 0 }
     }
+}
 
+impl<R> BufReader<R> {
     delegate_access_inner!(inner, R, ());
 
     /// Returns a reference to the internally buffered data.
diff --git a/futures-util/src/io/buf_writer.rs b/futures-util/src/io/buf_writer.rs
index e0037262b..0c689a53f 100644
--- a/futures-util/src/io/buf_writer.rs
+++ b/futures-util/src/io/buf_writer.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,26 @@ impl<W: AsyncWrite> BufWriter<W> {
         Poll::Ready(ret)
     }
 
+    /// Write directly using `inner`, bypassing buffering
+    pub(super) fn inner_poll_write(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        self.project().inner.poll_write(cx, buf)
+    }
+
+    /// Write directly using `inner`, bypassing buffering
+    pub(super) fn inner_poll_write_vectored(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        bufs: &[IoSlice<'_>],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        self.project().inner.poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<W> BufWriter<W> {
     delegate_access_inner!(inner, W, ());
 
     /// Returns a reference to the internally buffered data.
@@ -97,24 +117,6 @@ impl<W: AsyncWrite> BufWriter<W> {
         self.buf.capacity() - self.buf.len()
     }
 
-    /// Write a byte slice directly into buffer
-    ///
-    /// Will truncate the number of bytes written to `spare_capacity()` so you want to
-    /// calculate the size of your slice to avoid losing bytes
-    ///
-    /// Based on `std::io::BufWriter`
-    pub(super) fn write_to_buf(self: Pin<&mut Self>, buf: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        let available = self.spare_capacity();
-        let amt_to_buffer = available.min(buf.len());
-
-        // SAFETY: `amt_to_buffer` is <= buffer's spare capacity by construction.
-        unsafe {
-            self.write_to_buffer_unchecked(&buf[..amt_to_buffer]);
-        }
-
-        amt_to_buffer
-    }
-
     /// Write byte slice directly into `self.buf`
     ///
     /// Based on `std::io::BufWriter`
@@ -132,22 +134,22 @@ impl<W: AsyncWrite> BufWriter<W> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Write directly using `inner`, bypassing buffering
-    pub(super) fn inner_poll_write(
-        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
-        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
-        buf: &[u8],
-    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
-        self.project().inner.poll_write(cx, buf)
-    }
+    /// Write a byte slice directly into buffer
+    ///
+    /// Will truncate the number of bytes written to `spare_capacity()` so you want to
+    /// calculate the size of your slice to avoid losing bytes
+    ///
+    /// Based on `std::io::BufWriter`
+    pub(super) fn write_to_buf(self: Pin<&mut Self>, buf: &[u8]) -> usize {
+        let available = self.spare_capacity();
+        let amt_to_buffer = available.min(buf.len());
 
-    /// Write directly using `inner`, bypassing buffering
-    pub(super) fn inner_poll_write_vectored(
-        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
-        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
-        bufs: &[IoSlice<'_>],
-    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
-        self.project().inner.poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs)
+        // SAFETY: `amt_to_buffer` is <= buffer's spare capacity by construction.
+        unsafe {
+            self.write_to_buffer_unchecked(&buf[..amt_to_buffer]);
+        }
+
+        amt_to_buffer
     }
 }