diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
index 6d0a3a7b..e618c925 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ pub trait Decodable: Sized {
     /// instead.
     #[inline]
     fn consensus_decode<R: io::Read + ?Sized>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        Self::consensus_decode_from_finite_reader(reader.take(MAX_VEC_SIZE as u64).by_ref())
+        Self::consensus_decode_from_finite_reader(&mut reader.take(MAX_VEC_SIZE as u64))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs b/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs
index cf95940f..940d1c1e 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_consensus_encoding {
                 use crate::io::Read as _;
                 let mut r = r.take($crate::consensus::encode::MAX_VEC_SIZE as u64);
                 Ok($thing {
-                    $($field: $crate::consensus::Decodable::consensus_decode(r.by_ref())?),+
+                    $($field: $crate::consensus::Decodable::consensus_decode(&mut r)?),+
                 })
             }
         }
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs b/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs
index 0b92e089..d4d0cb59 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ impl Decodable for HeaderDeserializationWrapper {
 
     #[inline]
     fn consensus_decode<R: io::Read + ?Sized>(r: &mut R) -> Result<Self, encode::Error> {
-        Self::consensus_decode_from_finite_reader(r.take(MAX_MSG_SIZE as u64).by_ref())
+        Self::consensus_decode_from_finite_reader(&mut r.take(MAX_MSG_SIZE as u64))
     }
 }
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ impl Decodable for RawNetworkMessage {
 
     #[inline]
     fn consensus_decode<R: io::Read + ?Sized>(r: &mut R) -> Result<Self, encode::Error> {
-        Self::consensus_decode_from_finite_reader(r.take(MAX_MSG_SIZE as u64).by_ref())
+        Self::consensus_decode_from_finite_reader(&mut r.take(MAX_MSG_SIZE as u64))
     }
 }