diff --git a/src/combinations.rs b/src/combinations.rs
index c50e95d01..a5b34fc95 100644
--- a/src/combinations.rs
+++ b/src/combinations.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::fmt;
-use std::iter::{Fuse, FusedIterator};
+use std::iter::FusedIterator;
 
 use super::lazy_buffer::LazyBuffer;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ impl<I: Iterator> Combinations<I> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn n(&self) -> usize { self.pool.len() }
 
-    /// Returns a reference to the source iterator.
+    /// Returns a reference to the source pool.
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn src(&self) -> &Fuse<I> { &self.pool.it }
+    pub(crate) fn src(&self) -> &LazyBuffer<I> { &self.pool }
 
     /// Resets this `Combinations` back to an initial state for combinations of length
     /// `k` over the same pool data source. If `k` is larger than the current length
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ impl<I> Iterator for Combinations<I>
 
     fn count(self) -> usize {
         let Self { indices, pool, first } = self;
-        // TODO: make `pool.it` private
-        let n = pool.len() + pool.it.count();
+        let n = pool.count();
         remaining_for(n, first, &indices).unwrap()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lazy_buffer.rs b/src/lazy_buffer.rs
index 88ee06c7c..80c171896 100644
--- a/src/lazy_buffer.rs
+++ b/src/lazy_buffer.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::size_hint::{self, SizeHint};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct LazyBuffer<I: Iterator> {
-    pub it: Fuse<I>,
+    it: Fuse<I>,
     buffer: Vec<I::Item>,
 }
 
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ where
         size_hint::add_scalar(self.it.size_hint(), self.len())
     }
 
+    pub fn count(self) -> usize {
+        self.len() + self.it.count()
+    }
+
     pub fn get_next(&mut self) -> bool {
         if let Some(x) = self.it.next() {
             self.buffer.push(x);
diff --git a/src/permutations.rs b/src/permutations.rs
index d03b85262..a8885a411 100644
--- a/src/permutations.rs
+++ b/src/permutations.rs
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ where
         let Permutations { vals, state } = self;
         match state {
             PermutationState::StartUnknownLen { k } => {
-                let n = vals.len() + vals.it.count();
+                let n = vals.count();
                 let complete_state = CompleteState::Start { n, k };
 
                 from_complete(complete_state)
             }
             PermutationState::OngoingUnknownLen { k, min_n } => {
                 let prev_iteration_count = min_n - k + 1;
-                let n = vals.len() + vals.it.count();
+                let n = vals.count();
                 let complete_state = CompleteState::Start { n, k };
 
                 from_complete(complete_state) - prev_iteration_count
diff --git a/src/powerset.rs b/src/powerset.rs
index 4d7685b12..4175f013b 100644
--- a/src/powerset.rs
+++ b/src/powerset.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl<I> Iterator for Powerset<I>
 
     fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
         // Total bounds for source iterator.
-        let src_total = size_hint::add_scalar(self.combs.src().size_hint(), self.combs.n());
+        let src_total = self.combs.src().size_hint();
 
         // Total bounds for self ( length(powerset(set) == 2 ^ length(set) )
         let self_total = size_hint::pow_scalar_base(2, src_total);