diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index 47c07f2..81c7355 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use crate::decompress::{DecompressResult, Decompressor, DecompressorState};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
-use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
 
 /// A streaming encoder that compresses data using the DEFLATE algorithm.
 ///
@@ -63,32 +62,25 @@ impl<W: Write + Send> DeflateEncoder<W> {
                 let compressor = &mut self.compressors[0];
                 let output = &mut self.output_buffers[0];
                 let bound = Compressor::deflate_compress_bound(chunk.len());
-                if output.len() < bound {
-                    output
-                        .try_reserve(bound - output.len())
-                        .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
-                    // SAFETY: We just reserved sufficient capacity. The compressor writes to
-                    // the buffer using `MaybeUninit` pointers, so uninitialized memory is fine.
-                    unsafe {
-                        output.set_len(bound);
-                    }
-                }
+                output.clear();
+                output
+                    .try_reserve(bound)
+                    .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
 
                 let mode = if final_block {
                     crate::compress::FlushMode::Finish
                 } else {
                     crate::compress::FlushMode::Sync
                 };
-                let out_uninit = unsafe {
-                    std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
-                        output.as_mut_ptr() as *mut MaybeUninit<u8>,
-                        output.len(),
-                    )
-                };
+
+                let out_uninit = output.spare_capacity_mut();
                 let (res, size, _) = compressor.compress(chunk, out_uninit, mode);
                 if res == CompressResult::Success {
+                    unsafe {
+                        output.set_len(size);
+                    }
                     if let Some(writer) = &mut self.writer {
-                        writer.write_all(&output[..size])?;
+                        writer.write_all(output)?;
                     }
                 } else {
                     return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Compression failed"));
@@ -101,30 +93,23 @@ impl<W: Write + Send> DeflateEncoder<W> {
                     .enumerate()
                     .map(|(i, ((&chunk, compressor), output))| {
                         let bound = Compressor::deflate_compress_bound(chunk.len());
-                        if output.len() < bound {
-                            output
-                                .try_reserve(bound - output.len())
-                                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
-                            // SAFETY: We just reserved sufficient capacity. The compressor writes to
-                            // the buffer using `MaybeUninit` pointers, so uninitialized memory is fine.
-                            unsafe {
-                                output.set_len(bound);
-                            }
-                        }
+                        output.clear();
+                        output
+                            .try_reserve(bound)
+                            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
 
                         let mode = if final_block && i == num_chunks - 1 {
                             crate::compress::FlushMode::Finish
                         } else {
                             crate::compress::FlushMode::Sync
                         };
-                        let out_uninit = unsafe {
-                            std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
-                                output.as_mut_ptr() as *mut MaybeUninit<u8>,
-                                output.len(),
-                            )
-                        };
+
+                        let out_uninit = output.spare_capacity_mut();
                         let (res, size, _) = compressor.compress(chunk, out_uninit, mode);
                         if res == CompressResult::Success {
+                            unsafe {
+                                output.set_len(size);
+                            }
                             Ok(size)
                         } else {
                             Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Compression failed"))
@@ -150,32 +135,24 @@ impl<W: Write + Send> DeflateEncoder<W> {
             let compressor = &mut self.compressors[0];
             let output = &mut self.output_buffers[0];
             let bound = Compressor::deflate_compress_bound(self.buffer.len());
-            if output.len() < bound {
-                output
-                    .try_reserve(bound - output.len())
-                    .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
-                // SAFETY: We just reserved sufficient capacity. The compressor writes to
-                // the buffer using `MaybeUninit` pointers, so uninitialized memory is fine.
-                unsafe {
-                    output.set_len(bound);
-                }
-            }
+            output.clear();
+            output
+                .try_reserve(bound)
+                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
 
             let mode = if final_block {
                 crate::compress::FlushMode::Finish
             } else {
                 crate::compress::FlushMode::Sync
             };
-            let out_uninit = unsafe {
-                std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
-                    output.as_mut_ptr() as *mut MaybeUninit<u8>,
-                    output.len(),
-                )
-            };
+            let out_uninit = output.spare_capacity_mut();
             let (res, size, _) = compressor.compress(&self.buffer, out_uninit, mode);
             if res == CompressResult::Success {
+                unsafe {
+                    output.set_len(size);
+                }
                 if let Some(writer) = &mut self.writer {
-                    writer.write_all(&output[..size])?;
+                    writer.write_all(output)?;
                 }
             } else {
                 return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Compression failed"));