diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e8f13a..29f8147 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/lib.rs b/lib.rs
index ba39f43..e0d7541 100644
--- a/lib.rs
+++ b/lib.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl<T: Clone> ExtendFromSlice<T> for Vec<T> {
 }
 
 /// Error type for APIs with fallible heap allocation
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum CollectionAllocErr {
     /// Overflow `usize::MAX` or other error during size computation
     CapacityOverflow,
@@ -221,23 +221,33 @@ impl From<LayoutErr> for CollectionAllocErr {
         CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow
     }
 }
+impl CollectionAllocErr {
+    #[cold]
+    #[inline(never)]
+    fn bail(&self) -> ! {
+        match self {
+            CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow => panic!("capacity overflow"),
+            CollectionAllocErr::AllocErr { layout } => alloc::alloc::handle_alloc_error(*layout),
+        }
+    }
+}
 
+#[inline]
 fn infallible<T>(result: Result<T, CollectionAllocErr>) -> T {
     match result {
         Ok(x) => x,
-        Err(CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow) => panic!("capacity overflow"),
-        Err(CollectionAllocErr::AllocErr { layout }) => alloc::alloc::handle_alloc_error(layout),
+        Err(ref err) => err.bail(),
     }
 }
 
 /// FIXME: use `Layout::array` when we require a Rust version where it’s stable
 /// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/55724
 fn layout_array<T>(n: usize) -> Result<Layout, CollectionAllocErr> {
-    let size = mem::size_of::<T>().checked_mul(n)
+    let size = mem::size_of::<T>()
+        .checked_mul(n)
         .ok_or(CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow)?;
     let align = mem::align_of::<T>();
-    Layout::from_size_align(size, align)
-        .map_err(|_| CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow)
+    Layout::from_size_align(size, align).map_err(|_| CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow)
 }
 
 unsafe fn deallocate<T>(ptr: *mut T, capacity: usize) {
@@ -800,8 +810,19 @@ impl<A: Array> SmallVec<A> {
         // from callers like insert()
         let (_, &mut len, cap) = self.triple_mut();
         if cap - len >= additional {
-            return Ok(());
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            self.try_reserve_cold(len, additional)
         }
+    }
+
+    #[cold]
+    #[inline(never)]
+    fn try_reserve_cold(
+        &mut self,
+        len: usize,
+        additional: usize,
+    ) -> Result<(), CollectionAllocErr> {
         let new_cap = len
             .checked_add(additional)
             .and_then(usize::checked_next_power_of_two)
@@ -817,11 +838,23 @@ impl<A: Array> SmallVec<A> {
     }
 
     /// Reserve the minimum capacity for `additional` more elements to be inserted.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn try_reserve_exact(&mut self, additional: usize) -> Result<(), CollectionAllocErr> {
         let (_, &mut len, cap) = self.triple_mut();
         if cap - len >= additional {
-            return Ok(());
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            self.try_reserve_exact_cold(len, additional)
         }
+    }
+
+    #[cold]
+    #[inline(never)]
+    fn try_reserve_exact_cold(
+        &mut self,
+        len: usize,
+        additional: usize,
+    ) -> Result<(), CollectionAllocErr> {
         let new_cap = len
             .checked_add(additional)
             .ok_or(CollectionAllocErr::CapacityOverflow)?;
@@ -1782,7 +1815,9 @@ impl<'a> Drop for SetLenOnDrop<'a> {
 #[cfg(feature = "const_generics")]
 unsafe impl<T, const N: usize> Array for [T; N] {
     type Item = T;
-    fn size() -> usize { N }
+    fn size() -> usize {
+        N
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "const_generics"))]
@@ -1805,13 +1840,15 @@ impl_array!(
 );
 
 /// Convenience trait for constructing a `SmallVec`
-pub trait ToSmallVec<A:Array> {
+pub trait ToSmallVec<A: Array> {
     /// Construct a new `SmallVec` from a slice.
     fn to_smallvec(&self) -> SmallVec<A>;
 }
 
-impl<A:Array> ToSmallVec<A> for [A::Item]
-    where A::Item: Copy {
+impl<A: Array> ToSmallVec<A> for [A::Item]
+where
+    A::Item: Copy,
+{
     #[inline]
     fn to_smallvec(&self) -> SmallVec<A> {
         SmallVec::from_slice(self)