diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index dc97701d889..5137a9432ae 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@
 
 use cmp;
 use fmt;
+use slice;
 use str;
 use memchr;
 use ptr;
@@ -1936,18 +1937,6 @@ impl<T: BufRead> BufRead for Take<T> {
     }
 }
 
-fn read_one_byte(reader: &mut dyn Read) -> Option<Result<u8>> {
-    let mut buf = [0];
-    loop {
-        return match reader.read(&mut buf) {
-            Ok(0) => None,
-            Ok(..) => Some(Ok(buf[0])),
-            Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
-            Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
-        };
-    }
-}
-
 /// An iterator over `u8` values of a reader.
 ///
 /// This struct is generally created by calling [`bytes`] on a reader.
@@ -1965,7 +1954,15 @@ impl<R: Read> Iterator for Bytes<R> {
     type Item = Result<u8>;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Result<u8>> {
-        read_one_byte(&mut self.inner)
+        let mut byte = 0;
+        loop {
+            return match self.inner.read(slice::from_mut(&mut byte)) {
+                Ok(0) => None,
+                Ok(..) => Some(Ok(byte)),
+                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
+                Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+            };
+        }
     }
 }