diff --git a/io/src/lib.rs b/io/src/lib.rs
index 6dfed9a12..c7cacadf1 100644
--- a/io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/io/src/lib.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,30 @@ impl<'a, R: BufRead + ?Sized> BufRead for Take<'a, R> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: Read> Read for &'_ mut T {
+    #[inline]
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+        (**self).read(buf)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn read_exact(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<()> {
+        (**self).read_exact(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: BufRead> BufRead for &'_ mut T {
+    #[inline]
+    fn fill_buf(&mut self) -> Result<&[u8]> {
+        (**self).fill_buf()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn consume(&mut self, amount: usize) {
+        (**self).consume(amount)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Read for &[u8] {
     #[inline]
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
@@ -259,6 +283,23 @@ pub trait Write {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: Write> Write for &'_ mut T {
+    #[inline]
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+        (**self).write(buf)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
+        (**self).write_all(buf)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        (**self).flush()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl Write for alloc::vec::Vec<u8> {
     #[inline]