diff --git a/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/LibdeflateVelocityCompressor.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/LibdeflateVelocityCompressor.java
index d8c95b37..0638f532 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/LibdeflateVelocityCompressor.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/LibdeflateVelocityCompressor.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ public class LibdeflateVelocityCompressor implements VelocityCompressor {
   @Override
   public void deflate(ByteBuf source, ByteBuf destination) throws DataFormatException {
     ensureNotDisposed();
-    source.memoryAddress();
-    destination.memoryAddress();
 
     while (true) {
       long sourceAddress = source.memoryAddress() + source.readerIndex();
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/NativeVelocityCipher.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/NativeVelocityCipher.java
index cd0bcbd0..48e588ed 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/NativeVelocityCipher.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/encryption/NativeVelocityCipher.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public class NativeVelocityCipher implements VelocityCipher {
   @Override
   public void process(ByteBuf source) {
     ensureNotDisposed();
-    source.memoryAddress();
 
     long base = source.memoryAddress() + source.readerIndex();
     int len = source.readableBytes();
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
index c36bfd8a..b0d9fd37 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ public class MinecraftCompressEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ByteBuf> {
     // Follow the advice of https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate/blob/master/libdeflate.h#L103
     // here for compression. The maximum buffer size if the data compresses well (which is almost
     // always the case) is one less the input buffer.
-    int offset = msg.readableBytes() < threshold ? 1 : -1;
-    int initialBufferSize = msg.readableBytes() + offset;
+    int initialBufferSize = msg.readableBytes() + 1;
     return MoreByteBufUtils.preferredBuffer(ctx.alloc(), compressor, initialBufferSize);
   }