diff --git a/library/alloc/src/rc.rs b/library/alloc/src/rc.rs
index b267377d90a..c81405d6119 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/rc.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/rc.rs
@@ -1048,14 +1048,16 @@ impl<T: Clone> Rc<T> {
             }
         } else if Rc::weak_count(this) != 0 {
             // Can just steal the data, all that's left is Weaks
+            let mut rc = Self::new_uninit();
             unsafe {
-                let mut swap = Rc::new(ptr::read(&this.ptr.as_ref().value));
-                mem::swap(this, &mut swap);
-                swap.inner().dec_strong();
+                let data = Rc::get_mut_unchecked(&mut rc);
+                data.as_mut_ptr().copy_from_nonoverlapping(&**this, 1);
+
+                this.inner().dec_strong();
                 // Remove implicit strong-weak ref (no need to craft a fake
                 // Weak here -- we know other Weaks can clean up for us)
-                swap.inner().dec_weak();
-                forget(swap);
+                this.inner().dec_weak();
+                ptr::write(this, rc.assume_init());
             }
         }
         // This unsafety is ok because we're guaranteed that the pointer
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/sync.rs b/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
index deeb6941fcf..5bfcbeb82a1 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
@@ -1392,17 +1392,14 @@ impl<T: Clone> Arc<T> {
 
             // Materialize our own implicit weak pointer, so that it can clean
             // up the ArcInner as needed.
-            let weak = Weak { ptr: this.ptr };
+            let _weak = Weak { ptr: this.ptr };
 
-            // mark the data itself as already deallocated
+            // Can just steal the data, all that's left is Weaks
+            let mut arc = Self::new_uninit();
             unsafe {
-                // there is no data race in the implicit write caused by `read`
-                // here (due to zeroing) because data is no longer accessed by
-                // other threads (due to there being no more strong refs at this
-                // point).
-                let mut swap = Arc::new(ptr::read(&weak.ptr.as_ref().data));
-                mem::swap(this, &mut swap);
-                mem::forget(swap);
+                let data = Arc::get_mut_unchecked(&mut arc);
+                data.as_mut_ptr().copy_from_nonoverlapping(&**this, 1);
+                ptr::write(this, arc.assume_init());
             }
         } else {
             // We were the sole reference of either kind; bump back up the