diff --git a/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift b/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift
index 8b221d75cb..ba45cd1fb5 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOFoundationCompat/ByteBuffer-foundation.swift
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // This source file is part of the SwiftNIO open source project
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Apple Inc. and the SwiftNIO project authors
+// Copyright (c) 2017-2024 Apple Inc. and the SwiftNIO project authors
 // Licensed under Apache License v2.0
 //
 // See LICENSE.txt for license information
@@ -126,12 +126,10 @@ extension ByteBuffer {
                     count: Int(length)
                 )
             } else {
-                _ = storageRef.retain()
-                return Data(
-                    bytesNoCopy: UnsafeMutableRawPointer(mutating: ptr.baseAddress!.advanced(by: index)),
-                    count: Int(length),
-                    deallocator: .custom { _, _ in storageRef.release() }
-                )
+                let storage = storageRef.takeUnretainedValue()
+                return Data(bytesNoCopy: UnsafeMutableRawPointer(mutating: ptr.baseAddress!.advanced(by: index)),
+                            count: Int(length),
+                            deallocator: .custom { _, _ in withExtendedLifetime(storage) {} })
             }
         }
     }