diff --git a/tokio/src/fs/write.rs b/tokio/src/fs/write.rs
index 2b8dd1b8d..26e5e749e 100644
--- a/tokio/src/fs/write.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/fs/write.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ async fn write_uring(path: &Path, mut buf: OwnedBuf) -> io::Result<()> {
         .expect("unexpected in-flight operation detected")
         .into();
 
-    let total: usize = buf.len();
+    let total: usize = buf.as_ref().len();
     let mut offset: usize = 0;
     while offset < total {
         // There is a cap on how many bytes we can write in a single uring write operation.
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs b/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs
index ad876d706..4f95b81bd 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/uring/write.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ impl Op<Write> {
         file_offset: u64,
     ) -> io::Result<Self> {
         // Check if `buf_offset` stays in bounds of the allocation
-        debug_assert!(buf_offset + len as usize <= buf.len());
+        debug_assert!(buf_offset + len as usize <= buf.as_ref().len());
 
         // SAFETY:
         // - `buf_offset` stays in bounds of the allocation.
         // - `buf` is derived from an actual allocation, and the entire memory
         //    range is in bounds of that allocation.
-        let ptr = unsafe { buf.as_ptr().add(buf_offset) };
+        let ptr = unsafe { buf.as_ref().as_ptr().add(buf_offset) };
 
         let sqe = opcode::Write::new(types::Fd(fd.as_raw_fd()), ptr, len)
             .offset(file_offset)
diff --git a/tokio/src/util/as_ref.rs b/tokio/src/util/as_ref.rs
index 35f7a1099..464975d60 100644
--- a/tokio/src/util/as_ref.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/util/as_ref.rs
@@ -7,22 +7,6 @@ pub(crate) enum OwnedBuf {
     Bytes(bytes::Bytes),
 }
 
-impl OwnedBuf {
-    cfg_tokio_uring! {
-        pub(crate) fn len(&self) -> usize {
-            match self {
-                Self::Vec(vec) => vec.len(),
-                #[cfg(feature = "io-util")]
-                Self::Bytes(bytes) => bytes.len(),
-            }
-        }
-
-        pub(crate) fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const u8 {
-            self.as_ref().as_ptr()
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl AsRef<[u8]> for OwnedBuf {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         match self {