diff --git a/openssl/src/bn/mod.rs b/openssl/src/bn/mod.rs
index 2f7510372553f7777e5d7e89d5c0e2876fe00103..de9d0d2a23148630893f17b0505c6fa431df3e80 100644
--- a/openssl/src/bn/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/bn/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use libc::{c_int, c_ulong, c_void};
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::{fmt, ptr, mem};
+use std::{fmt, ptr};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, Neg, Rem, Shl, Shr, Sub, Deref, DerefMut};
 
@@ -677,12 +677,6 @@ impl BigNum {
             })
         }
     }
-
-    pub fn into_raw(self) -> *mut ffi::BIGNUM {
-        let ptr = self.as_ptr();
-        mem::forget(self);
-        ptr
-    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for BigNum {
diff --git a/openssl/src/crypto/rsa.rs b/openssl/src/crypto/rsa.rs
index e68b2420b4498e81c4a5361a5e7b43632b602987..822f305f1ca7479efb81099033d75ef03dfcd4df 100644
--- a/openssl/src/crypto/rsa.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/crypto/rsa.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use ffi;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ptr;
+use std::mem;
 use libc::{c_int, c_void, c_char, c_ulong};
 
 use bn::{BigNum, BigNumRef};
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@ impl RSA {
     pub fn from_public_components(n: BigNum, e: BigNum) -> Result<RSA, ErrorStack> {
         unsafe {
             let rsa = try_ssl_null!(ffi::RSA_new());
-            (*rsa).n = n.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).e = e.into_raw();
+            (*rsa).n = n.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).e = e.as_ptr();
+            mem::forget(n);
+            mem::forget(e);
             Ok(RSA(rsa))
         }
     }
@@ -43,14 +46,22 @@ impl RSA {
                                    -> Result<RSA, ErrorStack> {
         unsafe {
             let rsa = try_ssl_null!(ffi::RSA_new());
-            (*rsa).n = n.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).e = e.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).d = d.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).p = p.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).q = q.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).dmp1 = dp.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).dmq1 = dq.into_raw();
-            (*rsa).iqmp = qi.into_raw();
+            (*rsa).n = n.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).e = e.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).d = d.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).p = p.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).q = q.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).dmp1 = dp.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).dmq1 = dq.as_ptr();
+            (*rsa).iqmp = qi.as_ptr();
+            mem::forget(n);
+            mem::forget(e);
+            mem::forget(d);
+            mem::forget(p);
+            mem::forget(q);
+            mem::forget(dp);
+            mem::forget(dq);
+            mem::forget(qi);
             Ok(RSA(rsa))
         }
     }
diff --git a/openssl/src/dh/mod.rs b/openssl/src/dh/mod.rs
index 0a37a5e2a4afa261c5095b09b24a1d34abd42ad2..1f4fd7fe6d4d7487842901e7b8d3530ec425f41d 100644
--- a/openssl/src/dh/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/dh/mod.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ impl DH {
     #[cfg(feature = "dh_from_params")]
     pub fn from_params(p: BigNum, g: BigNum, q: BigNum) -> Result<DH, ErrorStack> {
         let dh = unsafe {
-            try_ssl_null!(::c_helpers::rust_DH_new_from_params(p.into_raw(), g.into_raw(), q.into_raw()))
+            try_ssl_null!(::c_helpers::rust_DH_new_from_params(p.as_ptr(), g.as_ptr(), q.as_ptr()))
         };
+        mem::forget(p);
+        mem::forget(g);
+        mem::forget(q);
         Ok(DH(dh))
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ impl DH {
         Ok(DH(dh))
     }
 
-    pub unsafe fn raw(&self) -> *mut ffi::DH {
+    pub unsafe fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut ffi::DH {
         let DH(n) = *self;
         n
     }
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ impl DH {
 impl Drop for DH {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe {
-            ffi::DH_free(self.raw())
+            ffi::DH_free(self.as_ptr())
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs b/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs
index 792762a9053f5587b041d473f534b7b186239d9b..5c2cdd646846b11d78709987cccd0ff444ed43f5 100644
--- a/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/ssl/mod.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ impl<'a> SslContextRef<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn set_tmp_dh(&mut self, dh: &DH) -> Result<(), ErrorStack> {
-        wrap_ssl_result(unsafe { ffi::SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh(self.as_ptr(), dh.raw()) as i32 })
+        wrap_ssl_result(unsafe { ffi::SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh(self.as_ptr(), dh.as_ptr()) as i32 })
     }
 
     /// Use the default locations of trusted certificates for verification.