diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
index a26f3168f..9a4c649db 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ impl<'b, T: Clone + Copy + 'static> Bucket<T> {
         if best_fit_bucket == bucket_ix && current_multiple_slots.num_slots() > 0 {
             let current_bucket = &mut self.data[bucket_ix as usize];
             // in place update
-            let elem_loc = elem.data_loc(&self.index, current_bucket);
+            let elem_loc = current_multiple_slots.data_loc(current_bucket);
             assert!(!current_bucket.is_free(elem_loc));
             let slice: &mut [T] = current_bucket.get_mut_cell_slice(elem_loc, data_len as u64);
             let current_multiple_slots = elem.get_multiple_slots_mut(&mut self.index);
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ impl<'b, T: Clone + Copy + 'static> Bucket<T> {
             for i in pos..pos + (max_search * 10).min(cap) {
                 let ix = i % cap;
                 if best_bucket.is_free(ix) {
-                    let elem_loc = elem.data_loc(&self.index, current_bucket);
+                    let elem_loc = current_multiple_slots.data_loc(current_bucket);
                     let old_slots = current_multiple_slots.num_slots();
                     let multiple_slots = elem.get_multiple_slots_mut(&mut self.index);
                     multiple_slots.set_storage_offset(ix);
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ impl<'b, T: Clone + Copy + 'static> Bucket<T> {
             if multiple_slots.num_slots() > 0 {
                 let ix = multiple_slots.data_bucket_ix() as usize;
                 let data_bucket = &self.data[ix];
-                let loc = elem.data_loc(&self.index, data_bucket);
+                let loc = multiple_slots.data_loc(data_bucket);
                 let data_bucket = &mut self.data[ix];
                 //debug!(                    "DATA FREE {:?} {} {} {}",                    key, elem.data_location, data_bucket.capacity, elem_uid                );
                 data_bucket.free(loc);
diff --git a/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs b/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
index b0b485d0d..80dc68967 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ impl MultipleSlots {
             (Slot::BITS - (num_slots - 1).leading_zeros()) as u64
         }
     }
+
+    /// This function maps the original data location into an index in the current bucket storage.
+    /// This is coupled with how we resize bucket storages.
+    pub(crate) fn data_loc(&self, storage: &BucketStorage<DataBucket>) -> u64 {
+        self.storage_offset() << (storage.capacity_pow2 - self.storage_capacity_when_created_pow2())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Pack the storage offset and capacity-when-crated-pow2 fields into a single u64
@@ -191,18 +197,6 @@ impl<T> IndexEntryPlaceInBucket<T> {
         index_entry.ref_count
     }
 
-    /// This function maps the original data location into an index in the current bucket storage.
-    /// This is coupled with how we resize bucket storages.
-    pub fn data_loc(
-        &self,
-        index_bucket: &BucketStorage<IndexBucket<T>>,
-        storage: &BucketStorage<DataBucket>,
-    ) -> u64 {
-        let multiple_slots = self.get_multiple_slots(index_bucket);
-        multiple_slots.storage_offset()
-            << (storage.capacity_pow2 - multiple_slots.storage_capacity_when_created_pow2())
-    }
-
     pub fn read_value<'a>(
         &self,
         index_bucket: &BucketStorage<IndexBucket<T>>,
@@ -213,7 +207,7 @@ impl<T> IndexEntryPlaceInBucket<T> {
         let slice = if num_slots > 0 {
             let data_bucket_ix = multiple_slots.data_bucket_ix();
             let data_bucket = &data_buckets[data_bucket_ix as usize];
-            let loc = self.data_loc(index_bucket, data_bucket);
+            let loc = multiple_slots.data_loc(data_bucket);
             assert!(!data_bucket.is_free(loc));
             data_bucket.get_cell_slice(loc, num_slots)
         } else {