diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index 91998163..a387d404 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ where
     where
         T: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
     {
-        while let Some(item) = self.iter.next() {
+        for item in &mut self.iter {
             // Items in the vector are nulled out when used by a struct.
             if let Some((ref key, ref content)) = *item {
                 self.pending_content = Some(content);
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ where
     where
         T: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
     {
-        while let Some(item) = self.iter.next() {
+        for item in &mut self.iter {
             if let Some((ref key, ref content)) = *item {
                 // Do not take(), instead borrow this entry. The internally tagged
                 // enum does its own buffering so we can't tell whether this entry