diff --git a/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization.go b/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization.go
index 8db760e37..bda4fbc80 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization.go
@@ -95,14 +95,12 @@ func (w *serContext) serialize(item Item) error {
 	switch t := item.(type) {
 	case *ByteArray:
 		w.data = append(w.data, byte(ByteArrayT))
-		data := t.Value().([]byte)
-		w.appendVarUint(uint64(len(data)))
-		w.data = append(w.data, data...)
+		w.appendVarUint(uint64(len(*t)))
+		w.data = append(w.data, *t...)
 	case *Buffer:
 		w.data = append(w.data, byte(BufferT))
-		data := t.Value().([]byte)
-		w.appendVarUint(uint64(len(data)))
-		w.data = append(w.data, data...)
+		w.appendVarUint(uint64(len(*t)))
+		w.data = append(w.data, *t...)
 	case Bool:
 		w.data = append(w.data, byte(BooleanT))
 		if t {
@@ -112,10 +110,9 @@ func (w *serContext) serialize(item Item) error {
 		}
 	case *BigInteger:
 		w.data = append(w.data, byte(IntegerT))
-		v := t.Value().(*big.Int)
 		ln := len(w.data)
 		w.data = append(w.data, 0)
-		data := bigint.ToPreallocatedBytes(v, w.data[len(w.data):])
+		data := bigint.ToPreallocatedBytes((*big.Int)(t), w.data[len(w.data):])
 		w.data[ln] = byte(len(data))
 		w.data = append(w.data, data...)
 	case *Interop:
diff --git a/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization_test.go b/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization_test.go
index 139fbcbcf..9b496dd52 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/stackitem/serialization_test.go
@@ -207,3 +207,15 @@ func BenchmarkEncodeBinary(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkSerializeSimple(b *testing.B) {
+	s := NewStruct(nil)
+	s.Append(Make(100500))
+	s.Append(Make("1aada0032aba1ef6d1f0")) // Mimicking uint160.
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := Serialize(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.FailNow()
+		}
+	}
+}