diff --git a/src/map.rs b/src/map.rs
index 1396a9a..49b59d6 100644
--- a/src/map.rs
+++ b/src/map.rs
@@ -1020,15 +1020,11 @@ where
                         // the new bin will also be a tree bin. if both the high
                         // bin and the low bin are non-empty, we have to
                         // allocate a new TreeBin.
-                        Shared::boxed(
-                            BinEntry::Tree(TreeBin::new(
-                                // safety: we have just created `low` and its `next`
-                                // nodes and have never shared them
-                                unsafe { low.into_box() },
-                                guard,
-                            )),
-                            &self.collector,
-                        )
+                        // safety: we have just created `low` and its `next` nodes using `Shared::boxed`
+                        // and have never shared them
+                        let low_bin = unsafe { BinEntry::Tree(TreeBin::new(low.as_ptr(), guard)) };
+
+                        Shared::boxed(low_bin, &self.collector)
                     } else {
                         // if not, we can re-use the old bin here, since it will
                         // be swapped for a Moved entry while we are still
@@ -1048,15 +1044,12 @@ where
                         unsafe { TreeBin::drop_tree_nodes(high, false, guard) };
                         high_linear
                     } else if low_count != 0 {
-                        Shared::boxed(
-                            BinEntry::Tree(TreeBin::new(
-                                // safety: we have just created `high` and its `next`
-                                // nodes and have never shared them
-                                unsafe { high.into_box() },
-                                guard,
-                            )),
-                            &self.collector,
-                        )
+                        // safety: we have just created `high` and its `next` nodes using `Shared::boxed`
+                        // and have never shared them
+                        let high_bin =
+                            unsafe { BinEntry::Tree(TreeBin::new(high.as_ptr(), guard)) };
+
+                        Shared::boxed(high_bin, &self.collector)
                     } else {
                         reused_bin = true;
                         // since we also don't use the created low nodes here,
@@ -2793,18 +2786,11 @@ where
                         tail = new_tree_node;
                         e = e_deref.next.load(Ordering::SeqCst, guard);
                     }
-                    tab.store_bin(
-                        index,
-                        Shared::boxed(
-                            BinEntry::Tree(TreeBin::new(
-                                // safety: we have just created `head` and its `next`
-                                // nodes and have never shared them
-                                unsafe { head.into_box() },
-                                guard,
-                            )),
-                            &self.collector,
-                        ),
-                    );
+
+                    // safety: we have just created `head` and its `next` nodes using `Shared::boxed`
+                    // and have never shared them
+                    let head_bin = unsafe { BinEntry::Tree(TreeBin::new(head.as_ptr(), guard)) };
+                    tab.store_bin(index, Shared::boxed(head_bin, &self.collector));
                     drop(lock);
                     // make sure the old bin entries get dropped
                     e = bin;
diff --git a/src/node.rs b/src/node.rs
index ca28aff..9665eb1 100644
--- a/src/node.rs
+++ b/src/node.rs
@@ -241,9 +241,13 @@ where
     /// Constructs a new bin from the given nodes.
     ///
     /// Nodes are arranged into an ordered red-black tree.
-    pub(crate) fn new(bin: Box<Linked<BinEntry<K, V>>>, guard: &Guard<'_>) -> Self {
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The `bin` pointer was created from a `Box` and never shared.
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn new(bin: *mut Linked<BinEntry<K, V>>, guard: &Guard<'_>) -> Self {
         let mut root = Shared::null();
-        let bin = Shared::from(Box::into_raw(bin));
+        let bin = Shared::from(bin);
 
         // safety: We own the nodes for creating this new TreeBin, so they are
         // not shared with another thread and cannot get invalidated.