diff --git a/src/data_channel/data_channel_test.rs b/src/data_channel/data_channel_test.rs
index 9b3ae0b..8763ea9 100644
--- a/src/data_channel/data_channel_test.rs
+++ b/src/data_channel/data_channel_test.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ async fn pr_ordered_unordered_test(channel_type: ChannelType, is_ordered: bool)
     let dc0 = DataChannel::dial(&a0, 100, cfg.clone()).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
-    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), Vec::new()).await?;
+    let existing_data_channels: Vec<DataChannel> = Vec::new();
+    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), &existing_data_channels).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
     assert_eq!(dc0.config, cfg, "local config should match");
@@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ async fn test_data_channel_channel_type_reliable_ordered() -> Result<()> {
     let dc0 = DataChannel::dial(&a0, 100, cfg.clone()).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
-    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), Vec::new()).await?;
+    let existing_data_channels: Vec<DataChannel> = Vec::new();
+    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), &existing_data_channels).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
     assert_eq!(dc0.config, cfg, "local config should match");
@@ -336,7 +338,8 @@ async fn test_data_channel_channel_type_reliable_unordered() -> Result<()> {
     let dc0 = DataChannel::dial(&a0, 100, cfg.clone()).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
-    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), Vec::new()).await?;
+    let existing_data_channels: Vec<DataChannel> = Vec::new();
+    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), &existing_data_channels).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
     assert_eq!(dc0.config, cfg, "local config should match");
@@ -434,7 +437,8 @@ async fn test_data_channel_buffered_amount() -> Result<()> {
     );
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
-    let dc1 = Arc::new(DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), Vec::new()).await?);
+    let existing_data_channels: Vec<DataChannel> = Vec::new();
+    let dc1 = Arc::new(DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), &existing_data_channels).await?);
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
     while dc0.buffered_amount() > 0 {
@@ -535,7 +539,8 @@ async fn test_stats() -> Result<()> {
     let dc0 = DataChannel::dial(&a0, 100, cfg.clone()).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
-    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), Vec::new()).await?;
+    let existing_data_channels: Vec<DataChannel> = Vec::new();
+    let dc1 = DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), &existing_data_channels).await?;
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
     let mut bytes_sent = 0;
@@ -628,7 +633,8 @@ async fn test_poll_data_channel() -> Result<()> {
     let dc0 = Arc::new(DataChannel::dial(&a0, 100, cfg.clone()).await?);
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
-    let dc1 = Arc::new(DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), Vec::new()).await?);
+    let existing_data_channels: Vec<DataChannel> = Vec::new();
+    let dc1 = Arc::new(DataChannel::accept(&a1, Config::default(), &existing_data_channels).await?);
     bridge_process_at_least_one(&br).await;
 
     let mut poll_dc0 = PollDataChannel::new(dc0);
diff --git a/src/data_channel/mod.rs b/src/data_channel/mod.rs
index c1fd558..1731440 100644
--- a/src/data_channel/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data_channel/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use util::marshal::*;
 
 use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
 use derive_builder::Builder;
+use std::borrow::Borrow;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io;
@@ -78,22 +79,25 @@ impl DataChannel {
     }
 
     /// Accept is used to accept incoming data channels over SCTP
-    pub async fn accept(
+    pub async fn accept<T>(
         association: &Arc<Association>,
         config: Config,
-        existing_channels: Vec<DataChannel>,
-    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        existing_channels: &[T],
+    ) -> Result<Self>
+    where
+        T: Borrow<Self>,
+    {
         let stream = association
             .accept_stream()
             .await
             .ok_or(Error::ErrStreamClosed)?;
 
-        for channel in existing_channels.iter() {
+        for channel in existing_channels.iter().map(|ch| ch.borrow()) {
             if channel.stream_identifier() == stream.stream_identifier() {
-                channel
-                    .stream
+                let ch = channel.to_owned();
+                ch.stream
                     .set_default_payload_type(PayloadProtocolIdentifier::Binary);
-                return Ok(channel.to_owned());
+                return Ok(ch);
             }
         }
 
@@ -661,6 +665,6 @@ impl fmt::Debug for PollDataChannel {
 
 impl AsRef<DataChannel> for PollDataChannel {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &DataChannel {
-        &*self.data_channel
+        &self.data_channel
     }
 }