diff --git a/pkg/io/binaryReader.go b/pkg/io/binaryReader.go
index b05846753..b2024f7bb 100644
--- a/pkg/io/binaryReader.go
+++ b/pkg/io/binaryReader.go
@@ -169,23 +169,16 @@ func (r *BinReader) ReadVarUint() uint64 {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	var b uint8
-	r.Err = binary.Read(r.r, binary.LittleEndian, &b)
+	var b = r.ReadByte()
 
 	if b == 0xfd {
-		var v uint16
-		r.Err = binary.Read(r.r, binary.LittleEndian, &v)
-		return uint64(v)
+		return uint64(r.ReadU16LE())
 	}
 	if b == 0xfe {
-		var v uint32
-		r.Err = binary.Read(r.r, binary.LittleEndian, &v)
-		return uint64(v)
+		return uint64(r.ReadU32LE())
 	}
 	if b == 0xff {
-		var v uint64
-		r.Err = binary.Read(r.r, binary.LittleEndian, &v)
-		return v
+		return r.ReadU64LE()
 	}
 
 	return uint64(b)
diff --git a/pkg/io/binaryWriter.go b/pkg/io/binaryWriter.go
index 668b1b875..071b12119 100644
--- a/pkg/io/binaryWriter.go
+++ b/pkg/io/binaryWriter.go
@@ -123,24 +123,23 @@ func (w *BinWriter) WriteVarUint(val uint64) {
 	}
 
 	if val < 0xfd {
-		w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, uint8(val))
+		w.WriteByte(byte(val))
 		return
 	}
 	if val < 0xFFFF {
-		w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, byte(0xfd))
-		w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, uint16(val))
+		w.WriteByte(byte(0xfd))
+		w.WriteU16LE(uint16(val))
 		return
 	}
 	if val < 0xFFFFFFFF {
-		w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, byte(0xfe))
-		w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(val))
+		w.WriteByte(byte(0xfe))
+		w.WriteU32LE(uint32(val))
 		return
 
 	}
 
-	w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, byte(0xff))
-	w.Err = binary.Write(w.w, binary.LittleEndian, val)
-
+	w.WriteByte(byte(0xff))
+	w.WriteU64LE(val)
 }
 
 // WriteBytes writes a variable byte into the underlying io.Writer without prefix.