diff --git a/src/bytes_mut.rs b/src/bytes_mut.rs
index 0248df856..0ea0272c5 100644
--- a/src/bytes_mut.rs
+++ b/src/bytes_mut.rs
@@ -468,18 +468,26 @@ impl BytesMut {
     /// assert_eq!(&buf[..], &[0x1, 0x1, 0x3, 0x3]);
     /// ```
     pub fn resize(&mut self, new_len: usize, value: u8) {
-        let len = self.len();
-        if new_len > len {
-            let additional = new_len - len;
-            self.reserve(additional);
-            unsafe {
-                let dst = self.chunk_mut().as_mut_ptr();
-                ptr::write_bytes(dst, value, additional);
-                self.set_len(new_len);
-            }
+        let additional = if let Some(additional) = new_len.checked_sub(self.len()) {
+            additional
         } else {
             self.truncate(new_len);
+            return;
+        };
+
+        if additional == 0 {
+            return;
         }
+
+        self.reserve(additional);
+        let dst = self.spare_capacity_mut().as_mut_ptr();
+        // SAFETY: `spare_capacity_mut` returns a valid, properly aligned pointer and we've
+        // reserved enough space to write `additional` bytes.
+        unsafe { ptr::write_bytes(dst, value, additional) };
+
+        // SAFETY: There are at least `new_len` initialized bytes in the buffer so no
+        // uninitialized bytes are being exposed.
+        unsafe { self.set_len(new_len) };
     }
 
     /// Sets the length of the buffer.