diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/cli.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/cli.rs
index 9ad54405061..68fe5f4f1c0 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/cli.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub mod options {
     pub const OUTPUT_ERROR: &str = "output-error";
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum OutputErrorMode {
     /// Diagnose write error on any output
     Warn,
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index f5e51039868..95030e79319 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn tee(options: &Options) -> Result<()> {
         },
     );
 
-    let mut output = MultiWriter::new(writers, options.output_error.clone());
+    let mut output = MultiWriter::new(writers, options.output_error);
     let input = NamedReader { inner: stdin() };
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ impl MultiWriter {
             Ok(0) => return Ok(()), // end of file
             Ok(received) => {
                 self.write_all(&buffer[..received])?;
-                self.flush()?; // avoid buffering
             }
             Err(e) if e.kind() != ErrorKind::Interrupted => return Err(e),
             _ => {}
@@ -177,8 +176,6 @@ impl MultiWriter {
                 Ok(0) => return Ok(()), // end of file
                 Ok(received) => {
                     self.write_all(&buffer[..received])?;
-                    // avoid buffering
-                    self.flush()?;
                 }
                 Err(e) if e.kind() != ErrorKind::Interrupted => return Err(e),
                 _ => {}
@@ -200,8 +197,8 @@ impl MultiWriter {
 }
 
 fn process_error(
-    mode: Option<&OutputErrorMode>,
-    f: Error,
+    mode: Option<OutputErrorMode>,
+    e: Error,
     writer: &NamedWriter,
     ignored_errors: &mut usize,
 ) -> Result<()> {
@@ -210,12 +207,12 @@ fn process_error(
         None | Some(OutputErrorMode::WarnNoPipe) | Some(OutputErrorMode::ExitNoPipe)
     );
 
-    if ignore_pipe && f.kind() == ErrorKind::BrokenPipe {
+    if ignore_pipe && e.kind() == ErrorKind::BrokenPipe {
         return Ok(());
     }
-    let _ = writeln!(stderr(), "{}: {f}", writer.name.maybe_quote());
+    let _ = writeln!(stderr(), "{}: {e}", writer.name.maybe_quote());
     if let Some(OutputErrorMode::Exit | OutputErrorMode::ExitNoPipe) = mode {
-        Err(f)
+        Err(e)
     } else {
         *ignored_errors += 1;
         Ok(())
@@ -225,45 +222,39 @@ fn process_error(
 impl Write for MultiWriter {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
         let mut aborted = None;
-        let mode = self.output_error_mode.clone();
         let mut errors = 0;
+        let mode = self.output_error_mode;
         self.writers.retain_mut(|writer| {
-            writer
-                .write_all(buf)
-                .map_err(|f| {
-                    let _ = process_error(mode.as_ref(), f, writer, &mut errors)
-                        .map_err(|e| aborted.get_or_insert(e));
-                })
-                .is_ok()
+            let res = (|| {
+                writer.write_all(buf)?;
+                writer.flush()
+            })();
+            match res {
+                Ok(()) => true,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if let Err(e) = process_error(mode, e, writer, &mut errors) {
+                        aborted.get_or_insert(e);
+                    }
+                    false
+                }
+            }
         });
         self.ignored_errors += errors;
-        if let Some(e) = aborted {
-            Err(e)
-        } else if self.writers.is_empty() {
-            // This error kind will never be raised by the standard
-            // library, so we can use it for early termination of
-            // `copy`
-            Err(Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))
-        } else {
-            Ok(buf.len())
-        }
+        aborted.map_or(
+            if self.writers.is_empty() {
+                // This error kind will never be raised by the standard
+                // library, so we can use it for early termination of
+                // `copy`
+                Err(Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))
+            } else {
+                Ok(buf.len())
+            },
+            Err,
+        )
     }
 
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut aborted = None;
-        let mode = self.output_error_mode.clone();
-        let mut errors = 0;
-        self.writers.retain_mut(|writer| {
-            writer
-                .flush()
-                .map_err(|f| {
-                    let _ = process_error(mode.as_ref(), f, writer, &mut errors)
-                        .map_err(|e| aborted.get_or_insert(e));
-                })
-                .is_ok()
-        });
-        self.ignored_errors += errors;
-        aborted.map_or(Ok(()), Err)
+        Ok(())
     }
 }