diff --git a/changelog/2459.changed.md b/changelog/2459.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32ba83690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/2459.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change generics on `recvmmsg` and `sendmmsg` to support memory reuse.
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diff --git a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
index cb7618a932..7375bae6bc 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ pub fn sendmmsg<'a, XS, AS, C, I, S>(
     flags: MsgFlags
 ) -> crate::Result<MultiResults<'a, S>>
     where
-        XS: IntoIterator<Item = &'a I>,
+        XS: IntoIterator<Item = I>,
         AS: AsRef<[Option<S>]>,
         I: AsRef<[IoSlice<'a>]> + 'a,
         C: AsRef<[ControlMessage<'a>]> + 'a,
@@ -1657,11 +1657,11 @@ pub fn recvmmsg<'a, XS, S, I>(
     mut timeout: Option<crate::sys::time::TimeSpec>,
 ) -> crate::Result<MultiResults<'a, S>>
 where
-    XS: IntoIterator<Item = &'a mut I>,
+    XS: IntoIterator<Item = I>,
     I: AsMut<[IoSliceMut<'a>]> + 'a,
 {
     let mut count = 0;
-    for (i, (slice, mmsghdr)) in slices.into_iter().zip(data.items.iter_mut()).enumerate() {
+    for (i, (mut slice, mmsghdr)) in slices.into_iter().zip(data.items.iter_mut()).enumerate() {
         let p = &mut mmsghdr.msg_hdr;
         p.msg_iov = slice.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast();
         p.msg_iovlen = slice.as_mut().len() as _;