diff --git a/library/core/benches/iter.rs b/library/core/benches/iter.rs
index fb6b4b7837941..f2169914ac9da 100644
--- a/library/core/benches/iter.rs
+++ b/library/core/benches/iter.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,29 @@ bench_sums! {
 bench_sums! {
     bench_cycle_take_sum,
     bench_cycle_take_ref_sum,
-    (0i64..10000).cycle().take(1000000)
+    (0..10000).cycle().take(1000000)
+}
+
+bench_sums! {
+    bench_cycle_skip_take_sum,
+    bench_cycle_skip_take_ref_sum,
+    (0..100000).cycle().skip(1000000).take(1000000)
+}
+
+bench_sums! {
+    bench_cycle_take_skip_sum,
+    bench_cycle_take_skip_ref_sum,
+    (0..100000).cycle().take(1000000).skip(100000)
+}
+
+bench_sums! {
+    bench_skip_cycle_skip_zip_add_sum,
+    bench_skip_cycle_skip_zip_add_ref_sum,
+    (0..100000).skip(100).cycle().skip(100)
+      .zip((0..100000).cycle().skip(10))
+      .map(|(a,b)| a+b)
+      .skip(100000)
+      .take(1000000)
 }
 
 // Checks whether Skip<Zip<A,B>> is as fast as Zip<Skip<A>, Skip<B>>, from
diff --git a/library/core/src/iter/adapters/skip.rs b/library/core/src/iter/adapters/skip.rs
index dd5325660c342..e55c7a6bf5df1 100644
--- a/library/core/src/iter/adapters/skip.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/iter/adapters/skip.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::intrinsics::unlikely;
 use crate::iter::{adapters::SourceIter, FusedIterator, InPlaceIterable};
 use crate::ops::{ControlFlow, Try};
 
@@ -31,13 +32,10 @@ where
 
     #[inline]
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<I::Item> {
-        if self.n == 0 {
-            self.iter.next()
-        } else {
-            let old_n = self.n;
-            self.n = 0;
-            self.iter.nth(old_n)
+        if unlikely(self.n > 0) {
+            self.iter.nth(crate::mem::take(&mut self.n) - 1);
         }
+        self.iter.next()
     }
 
     #[inline]