diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index dc850a9e..bb0f4f4c 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ const localClientReqq = 1 << 5
 // See the order given in Transmission's tr_peerMsgsNew.
 func (cl *Client) sendInitialMessages(conn *PeerConn, torrent *Torrent) {
 	if conn.PeerExtensionBytes.SupportsExtended() && cl.config.Extensions.SupportsExtended() {
-		conn.post(pp.Message{
+		conn.write(pp.Message{
 			Type:       pp.Extended,
 			ExtendedID: pp.HandshakeExtendedID,
 			ExtendedPayload: func() []byte {
@@ -1004,11 +1004,11 @@ func (cl *Client) sendInitialMessages(conn *PeerConn, torrent *Torrent) {
 	func() {
 		if conn.fastEnabled() {
 			if torrent.haveAllPieces() {
-				conn.post(pp.Message{Type: pp.HaveAll})
+				conn.write(pp.Message{Type: pp.HaveAll})
 				conn.sentHaves.AddRange(0, bitmap.BitIndex(conn.t.NumPieces()))
 				return
 			} else if !torrent.haveAnyPieces() {
-				conn.post(pp.Message{Type: pp.HaveNone})
+				conn.write(pp.Message{Type: pp.HaveNone})
 				conn.sentHaves.Clear()
 				return
 			}
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ func (cl *Client) sendInitialMessages(conn *PeerConn, torrent *Torrent) {
 		conn.postBitfield()
 	}()
 	if conn.PeerExtensionBytes.SupportsDHT() && cl.config.Extensions.SupportsDHT() && cl.haveDhtServer() {
-		conn.post(pp.Message{
+		conn.write(pp.Message{
 			Type: pp.Port,
 			Port: cl.dhtPort(),
 		})
@@ -1074,12 +1074,12 @@ func (cl *Client) gotMetadataExtensionMsg(payload []byte, t *Torrent, c *PeerCon
 		return err
 	case pp.RequestMetadataExtensionMsgType:
 		if !t.haveMetadataPiece(piece) {
-			c.post(t.newMetadataExtensionMessage(c, pp.RejectMetadataExtensionMsgType, d["piece"], nil))
+			c.write(t.newMetadataExtensionMessage(c, pp.RejectMetadataExtensionMsgType, d["piece"], nil))
 			return nil
 		}
 		start := (1 << 14) * piece
 		c.logger.WithDefaultLevel(log.Debug).Printf("sending metadata piece %d", piece)
-		c.post(t.newMetadataExtensionMessage(c, pp.DataMetadataExtensionMsgType, piece, t.metadataBytes[start:start+t.metadataPieceSize(piece)]))
+		c.write(t.newMetadataExtensionMessage(c, pp.DataMetadataExtensionMsgType, piece, t.metadataBytes[start:start+t.metadataPieceSize(piece)]))
 		return nil
 	case pp.RejectMetadataExtensionMsgType:
 		return nil
diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index 48b305a2..7fd819be 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -404,27 +404,17 @@ func (cn *Peer) peerHasPiece(piece pieceIndex) bool {
 // https://github.com/pion/datachannel/issues/59 is fixed.
 const writeBufferHighWaterLen = 1 << 15
 
-// Writes a message into the write buffer. Returns whether it's okay to keep writing. Posting is
-// done asynchronously, so it may be that we're not able to honour backpressure from this method. It
-// might be possible to merge this with PeerConn.write down the track? They seem to be very similar.
-func (cn *PeerConn) post(msg pp.Message) bool {
-	torrent.Add(fmt.Sprintf("messages posted of type %s", msg.Type.String()), 1)
+// Writes a message into the write buffer. Returns whether it's okay to keep writing. Writing is
+// done asynchronously, so it may be that we're not able to honour backpressure from this method.
+func (cn *PeerConn) write(msg pp.Message) bool {
+	torrent.Add(fmt.Sprintf("messages written of type %s", msg.Type.String()), 1)
 	// We don't need to track bytes here because a connection.w Writer wrapper takes care of that
 	// (although there's some delay between us recording the message, and the connection writer
 	// flushing it out.).
 	cn.writeBuffer.Write(msg.MustMarshalBinary())
-	// Last I checked only Piece messages affect stats, and we don't post those.
+	// Last I checked only Piece messages affect stats, and we don't write those.
 	cn.wroteMsg(&msg)
 	cn.tickleWriter()
-	return cn.writeBuffer.Len() < writeBufferHighWaterLen
-}
-
-// Returns true if there's room to write more.
-func (cn *PeerConn) write(msg pp.Message) bool {
-	cn.wroteMsg(&msg)
-	cn.writeBuffer.Write(msg.MustMarshalBinary())
-	torrent.Add(fmt.Sprintf("messages filled of type %s", msg.Type.String()), 1)
-	cn.tickleWriter()
 	return !cn.writeBufferFull()
 }
 
@@ -441,7 +431,7 @@ func (cn *PeerConn) requestMetadataPiece(index int) {
 		return
 	}
 	cn.logger.WithDefaultLevel(log.Debug).Printf("requesting metadata piece %d", index)
-	cn.post(pp.Message{
+	cn.write(pp.Message{
 		Type:       pp.Extended,
 		ExtendedID: eID,
 		ExtendedPayload: func() []byte {
@@ -689,7 +679,7 @@ func (cn *PeerConn) have(piece pieceIndex) {
 	if cn.sentHaves.Get(bitmap.BitIndex(piece)) {
 		return
 	}
-	cn.post(pp.Message{
+	cn.write(pp.Message{
 		Type:  pp.Have,
 		Index: pp.Integer(piece),
 	})
@@ -703,7 +693,7 @@ func (cn *PeerConn) postBitfield() {
 	if !cn.t.haveAnyPieces() {
 		return
 	}
-	cn.post(pp.Message{
+	cn.write(pp.Message{
 		Type:     pp.Bitfield,
 		Bitfield: cn.t.bitfield(),
 	})
@@ -946,7 +936,7 @@ func (c *PeerConn) reject(r Request) {
 	if !c.fastEnabled() {
 		panic("fast not enabled")
 	}
-	c.post(r.ToMsg(pp.Reject))
+	c.write(r.ToMsg(pp.Reject))
 	delete(c.peerRequests, r)
 }
 
@@ -1028,7 +1018,7 @@ func (c *PeerConn) peerRequestDataReadFailed(err error, r Request) {
 	if c.choking {
 		c.logger.WithDefaultLevel(log.Warning).Printf("already choking peer, requests might not be rejected correctly")
 	}
-	c.choke(c.post)
+	c.choke(c.write)
 }
 
 func readPeerRequestData(r Request, c *PeerConn) ([]byte, error) {