diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index c32e4e9..ad740a4 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/lib.c");
 
-    cc::Build::new()
-        .file("src/lib.c")
-        .compile("libvsprintf.a");
+    cc::Build::new().file("src/lib.c").compile("libvsprintf.a");
 }
-
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 97d99de..c02c179 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,73 +3,59 @@
 extern crate libc;
 
 use libc::size_t;
-use std::iter::repeat;
 use std::io::Error;
 use std::os::raw::*;
 
-const INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 512;
-
 /// The result of a vsprintf call.
 pub type Result<T> = ::std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 /// Prints a format string into a Rust string.
-pub unsafe fn vsprintf<V>(format: *const c_char,
-                          va_list: *mut V) -> Result<String> {
-    vsprintf_raw(format, va_list).map(|bytes| {
-        String::from_utf8(bytes).expect("vsprintf result is not valid utf-8")
-    })
+pub unsafe fn vsprintf<V>(format: *const c_char, va_list: *mut V) -> Result<String> {
+    vsprintf_raw(format, va_list)
+        .map(|bytes| String::from_utf8(bytes).expect("vsprintf result is not valid utf-8"))
 }
 
 /// Prints a format string into a list of raw bytes that form
 /// a null-terminated C string.
-pub unsafe fn vsprintf_raw<V>(format: *const c_char,
-                              va_list: *mut V) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    let list_ptr = va_list  as *mut c_void;
-
-    let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-    buffer.extend([0u8; INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE].iter().cloned());
+pub unsafe fn vsprintf_raw<V>(format: *const c_char, va_list: *mut V) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let list_ptr = va_list as *mut c_void;
 
+    let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
     loop {
-        let character_count = vsnprintf_wrapper(
-            buffer.as_mut_ptr(), buffer.len(), format, list_ptr
-        );
+        let rv = vsnprintf_wrapper(buffer.as_mut_ptr(), buffer.len(), format, list_ptr);
 
         // Check for errors.
-        if character_count == -1 {
+        let character_count = if rv < 0 {
             // C does not require vsprintf to set errno, but POSIX does.
             //
             // Default handling will just generate an 'unknown' IO error
             // if no errno is set.
             return Err(Error::last_os_error());
         } else {
-            assert!(character_count >= 0);
-            let character_count = character_count as usize;
-
-            let current_max = buffer.len() - 1;
-
-            // Check if we had enough room in the buffer to fit everything.
-            if character_count > current_max {
-                let extra_space_required = character_count - current_max;
-
-                // Reserve enough space and try again.
-                buffer.extend(repeat(0).take(extra_space_required as usize));
-                continue;
-            } else { // We fit everything into the buffer.
-                // Truncate the buffer up until the null terminator.
-                buffer = buffer.into_iter()
-                               .take_while(|&b| b != 0)
-                               .collect();
-                break;
-            }
+            rv as usize
+        };
+
+        if character_count >= buffer.len() {
+            let new_len = character_count + 1;
+            buffer.reserve_exact(new_len - buffer.len());
+            // SAFETY: Any bit pattern is a valid u8, and we reserved the space.
+            buffer.set_len(new_len);
+            continue;
         }
+
+        // Drop NULL byte and any excess capacity.
+        buffer.truncate(character_count);
+        break;
     }
 
     Ok(buffer)
 }
 
-extern {
-    fn vsnprintf_wrapper(buffer: *mut u8,
-                         size: size_t,
-                         format: *const c_char,
-                         va_list: *mut c_void) -> libc::c_int;
+extern "C" {
+    fn vsnprintf_wrapper(
+        buffer: *mut u8,
+        size: size_t,
+        format: *const c_char,
+        va_list: *mut c_void,
+    ) -> libc::c_int;
 }