diff --git a/distributed/comm/asyncio_tcp.py b/distributed/comm/asyncio_tcp.py
index 1dbac5fef6f..526533bda9f 100644
--- a/distributed/comm/asyncio_tcp.py
+++ b/distributed/comm/asyncio_tcp.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     host_array,
     to_frames,
 )
-from distributed.utils import ensure_ip, get_ip, get_ipv6
+from distributed.utils import ensure_ip, ensure_memoryview, get_ip, get_ipv6
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ async def write(self, frames: list[bytes]) -> int:
             await drain_waiter
 
         # Ensure all memoryviews are in single-byte format
-        frames = [f.cast("B") if isinstance(f, memoryview) else f for f in frames]
+        frames = [
+            ensure_memoryview(f) if isinstance(f, memoryview) else f for f in frames
+        ]
 
         nframes = len(frames)
         frames_nbytes = [len(f) for f in frames]
@@ -847,12 +849,9 @@ def _buffer_clear(self):
 
     def _buffer_append(self, data: bytes) -> None:
         """Append new data to the send buffer"""
-        if not isinstance(data, memoryview):
-            data = memoryview(data)
-        if data.format != "B":
-            data = data.cast("B")
-        self._size += len(data)
-        self._buffers.append(data)
+        mv = ensure_memoryview(data)
+        self._size += len(mv)
+        self._buffers.append(mv)
 
     def _buffer_peek(self) -> list[memoryview]:
         """Get one or more buffers to write to the socket"""
diff --git a/distributed/comm/tcp.py b/distributed/comm/tcp.py
index e5cd004cca7..d88582bc67c 100644
--- a/distributed/comm/tcp.py
+++ b/distributed/comm/tcp.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 )
 from distributed.protocol.utils import pack_frames_prelude, unpack_frames
 from distributed.system import MEMORY_LIMIT
-from distributed.utils import ensure_ip, get_ip, get_ipv6, nbytes
+from distributed.utils import ensure_ip, ensure_memoryview, get_ip, get_ipv6, nbytes
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ async def write(self, msg, serializers=None, on_error="message"):
                     if isinstance(each_frame, memoryview):
                         # Make sure that `len(data) == data.nbytes`
                         # See <https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/pull/2996>
-                        each_frame = memoryview(each_frame).cast("B")
+                        each_frame = ensure_memoryview(each_frame)
 
                     stream._write_buffer.append(each_frame)
                     stream._total_write_index += each_frame_nbytes
diff --git a/distributed/protocol/serialize.py b/distributed/protocol/serialize.py
index 2a7ebdbf23d..6dfa32244f0 100644
--- a/distributed/protocol/serialize.py
+++ b/distributed/protocol/serialize.py
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ def _serialize_memoryview(obj):
 @dask_deserialize.register(memoryview)
 def _deserialize_memoryview(header, frames):
     if len(frames) == 1:
-        out = memoryview(frames[0]).cast("B")
+        out = ensure_memoryview(frames[0])
     else:
         out = memoryview(b"".join(frames))
     out = out.cast(header["format"], header["shape"])