diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 646825d65..e41ec5a83 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -3560,6 +3560,7 @@ void Session::handleTorrentResumeDataReady(TorrentHandle *const torrent, const l
     // isn't cheap too.
 
     QByteArray out;
+    out.reserve(1024 * 1024);  // most fastresume file sizes are under 1 MB
     lt::bencode(std::back_inserter(out), data);
 
     const QString filename = QString("%1.fastresume").arg(torrent->hash());
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.cpp
index 497c31322..6d60072d3 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.cpp
@@ -1581,11 +1581,15 @@ bool TorrentHandle::saveTorrentFile(const QString &path)
 #endif
     const lt::entry torrentEntry = torrentCreator.generate();
 
-    QVector<char> out;
+    QByteArray out;
+    out.reserve(1024 * 1024);  // most torrent file sizes are under 1 MB
     lt::bencode(std::back_inserter(out), torrentEntry);
+    if (out.isEmpty())
+        return false;
+
     QFile torrentFile(path);
-    if (!out.empty() && torrentFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
-        return (torrentFile.write(&out[0], out.size()) == out.size());
+    if (torrentFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+        return (torrentFile.write(out) == out.size());
 
     return false;
 }