diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs b/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs
index 4b36452cec3..da45a0fb45c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/broadcast.rs
@@ -444,42 +444,14 @@ const MAX_RECEIVERS: usize = usize::MAX >> 2;
 /// This will panic if `capacity` is equal to `0` or larger
 /// than `usize::MAX / 2`.
 #[track_caller]
-pub fn channel<T: Clone>(mut capacity: usize) -> (Sender<T>, Receiver<T>) {
-    assert!(capacity > 0, "capacity is empty");
-    assert!(capacity <= usize::MAX >> 1, "requested capacity too large");
-
-    // Round to a power of two
-    capacity = capacity.next_power_of_two();
-
-    let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(capacity);
-
-    for i in 0..capacity {
-        buffer.push(RwLock::new(Slot {
-            rem: AtomicUsize::new(0),
-            pos: (i as u64).wrapping_sub(capacity as u64),
-            val: UnsafeCell::new(None),
-        }));
-    }
-
-    let shared = Arc::new(Shared {
-        buffer: buffer.into_boxed_slice(),
-        mask: capacity - 1,
-        tail: Mutex::new(Tail {
-            pos: 0,
-            rx_cnt: 1,
-            closed: false,
-            waiters: LinkedList::new(),
-        }),
-        num_tx: AtomicUsize::new(1),
-    });
+pub fn channel<T: Clone>(capacity: usize) -> (Sender<T>, Receiver<T>) {
+    let tx = Sender::new(capacity);
 
     let rx = Receiver {
-        shared: shared.clone(),
+        shared: tx.shared.clone(),
         next: 0,
     };
 
-    let tx = Sender { shared };
-
     (tx, rx)
 }
 
@@ -490,6 +462,44 @@ unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for Receiver<T> {}
 unsafe impl<T: Send> Sync for Receiver<T> {}
 
 impl<T> Sender<T> {
+    /// Creates the sending-half of the [`broadcast`] channel.
+    ///
+    /// See documentation of [`broadcast::channel`] for errors when calling this function.
+    ///
+    /// [`broadcast`]: crate::sync::broadcast
+    /// [`broadcast::channel`]: crate::sync::broadcast
+    pub fn new(mut capacity: usize) -> Self {
+        assert!(capacity > 0, "capacity is empty");
+        assert!(capacity <= usize::MAX >> 1, "requested capacity too large");
+
+        // Round to a power of two
+        capacity = capacity.next_power_of_two();
+
+        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(capacity);
+
+        for i in 0..capacity {
+            buffer.push(RwLock::new(Slot {
+                rem: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+                pos: (i as u64).wrapping_sub(capacity as u64),
+                val: UnsafeCell::new(None),
+            }));
+        }
+
+        let shared = Arc::new(Shared {
+            buffer: buffer.into_boxed_slice(),
+            mask: capacity - 1,
+            tail: Mutex::new(Tail {
+                pos: 0,
+                rx_cnt: 1,
+                closed: false,
+                waiters: LinkedList::new(),
+            }),
+            num_tx: AtomicUsize::new(1),
+        });
+
+        Sender { shared }
+    }
+
     /// Attempts to send a value to all active [`Receiver`] handles, returning
     /// it back if it could not be sent.
     ///