diff --git a/tokio/src/io/util/take.rs b/tokio/src/io/util/take.rs
index d73512bdfaf..df2f61b9e60 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/util/take.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/util/take.rs
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@ impl<R: AsyncRead> AsyncRead for Take<R> {
             return Poll::Ready(Ok(()));
         }
 
-        let buf_ptr = buf.filled().as_ptr();
-
         let me = self.project();
         let mut b = buf.take(*me.limit_ as usize);
 
+        let buf_ptr = b.filled().as_ptr();
         ready!(me.inner.poll_read(cx, &mut b))?;
         assert_eq!(b.filled().as_ptr(), buf_ptr);