diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
index 4f5c36002ddd..2d177315dec7 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ impl TransactionSignedNoHash {
     /// Recover signer from signature and hash _without ensuring that the signature has a low `s`
     /// value_.
     ///
-    /// Re-uses a given buffer to avoid numerous reallocations when recovering batches. **Clears the
+    /// Reuses a given buffer to avoid numerous reallocations when recovering batches. **Clears the
     /// buffer before use.**
     ///
     /// Returns `None` if the transaction's signature is invalid, see also
diff --git a/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs b/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
index 9e7e8957b5a9..2466a42c52cd 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db-api/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ impl Encode for StoredNibbles {
 
     // Delegate to the Compact implementation
     fn encode(self) -> Self::Encoded {
-        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(self.0.len());
-        self.to_compact(&mut buf);
-        buf
+        // NOTE: This used to be `to_compact`, but all it does is append the bytes to the buffer,
+        // so we can just use the implementation of `Into<Vec<u8>>` to reuse the buffer.
+        self.0.into()
     }
 }