diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
index 01ca88170..70c2a4676 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ class BinlogReader {
     }
 
     event->debug_info_ = BinlogDebugInfo{__FILE__, __LINE__};
-    event->init(input_->cut_head(size_).move_as_buffer_slice());
+    auto buffer_slice = input_->cut_head(size_).move_as_buffer_slice();
+    event->init(buffer_slice.as_slice().str());
     TRY_STATUS(event->validate());
     offset_ += size_;
     event->offset_ = offset_;
@@ -333,14 +334,7 @@ void Binlog::do_event(BinlogEvent &&event) {
     }
     VLOG(binlog) << "Write binlog event: " << format::cond(state_ == State::Reindex, "[reindex] ")
                  << event.public_to_string();
-    switch (encryption_type_) {
-      case EncryptionType::None:
-        buffer_writer_.append(event.raw_event_.clone());
-        break;
-      case EncryptionType::AesCtr:
-        buffer_writer_.append(as_slice(event.raw_event_));
-        break;
-    }
+    buffer_writer_.append(as_slice(event.raw_event_));
   }
 
   if (event.type_ < 0) {
@@ -652,7 +646,6 @@ void Binlog::do_reindex() {
   fd_events_ = 0;
   reset_encryption();
   processor_->for_each([&](BinlogEvent &event) {
-    event.realloc();
     do_event(std::move(event));  // NB: no move is actually happens
   });
   need_sync_ = start_size != 0;  // must sync creation of the file if it is non-empty
diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp
index b4fb4e57b..c74acd2b7 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace td {
 
-void BinlogEvent::init(BufferSlice &&raw_event) {
+void BinlogEvent::init(string raw_event) {
   TlParser parser(as_slice(raw_event));
   size_ = static_cast<uint32>(parser.fetch_int());
   LOG_CHECK(size_ == raw_event.size()) << size_ << ' ' << raw_event.size() << debug_info_;
@@ -71,8 +71,4 @@ BufferSlice BinlogEvent::create_raw(uint64 id, int32 type, int32 flags, const St
   return raw_event;
 }
 
-void BinlogEvent::realloc() {
-  raw_event_ = raw_event_.copy();
-}
-
 }  // namespace td
diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h
index cc7807d79..ca93bb193 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct BinlogEvent {
   uint64 extra_ = 0;
   uint32 crc32_ = 0;
 
-  BufferSlice raw_event_;
+  string raw_event_;
 
   BinlogDebugInfo debug_info_;
 
@@ -78,20 +78,20 @@ struct BinlogEvent {
   BinlogEvent clone() const {
     BinlogEvent result;
     result.debug_info_ = BinlogDebugInfo{__FILE__, __LINE__};
-    result.init(raw_event_.clone());
+    result.init(raw_event_);
     result.validate().ensure();
     return result;
   }
 
   BufferSlice data_as_buffer_slice() const {
-    return raw_event_.from_slice(get_data());
+    return BufferSlice(get_data());
   }
 
   BinlogEvent() = default;
 
   BinlogEvent(BufferSlice &&raw_event, BinlogDebugInfo info) {
     debug_info_ = info;
-    init(std::move(raw_event));
+    init(raw_event.as_slice().str());
   }
 
   static BufferSlice create_raw(uint64 id, int32 type, int32 flags, const Storer &storer);
@@ -101,11 +101,9 @@ struct BinlogEvent {
                      << tag("data", get_data().size()) << "]" << debug_info_;
   }
 
-  void init(BufferSlice &&raw_event);
+  void init(string raw_event);
 
   Status validate() const TD_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
-
-  void realloc();
 };
 
 inline StringBuilder &operator<<(StringBuilder &sb, const BinlogEvent &event) {