diff --git a/src/addrdb.h b/src/addrdb.h
index d84901fcb8..c6d4307d69 100644
--- a/src/addrdb.h
+++ b/src/addrdb.h
@@ -49,15 +49,7 @@ public:
         banReason = ban_reason_in;
     }
 
-    ADD_SERIALIZE_METHODS;
-
-    template <typename Stream, typename Operation>
-    inline void SerializationOp(Stream& s, Operation ser_action) {
-        READWRITE(this->nVersion);
-        READWRITE(nCreateTime);
-        READWRITE(nBanUntil);
-        READWRITE(banReason);
-    }
+    SERIALIZE_METHODS(CBanEntry, obj) { READWRITE(obj.nVersion, obj.nCreateTime, obj.nBanUntil, obj.banReason); }
 
     void SetNull()
     {
diff --git a/src/addrman.h b/src/addrman.h
index ee404f6939..c001d59da5 100644
--- a/src/addrman.h
+++ b/src/addrman.h
@@ -53,14 +53,10 @@ private:
 
 public:
 
-    ADD_SERIALIZE_METHODS;
-
-    template <typename Stream, typename Operation>
-    inline void SerializationOp(Stream& s, Operation ser_action) {
-        READWRITEAS(CAddress, *this);
-        READWRITE(source);
-        READWRITE(nLastSuccess);
-        READWRITE(nAttempts);
+    SERIALIZE_METHODS(CAddrInfo, obj)
+    {
+        READWRITEAS(CAddress, obj);
+        READWRITE(obj.source, obj.nLastSuccess, obj.nAttempts);
     }
 
     CAddrInfo(const CAddress &addrIn, const CNetAddr &addrSource) : CAddress(addrIn), source(addrSource)
@@ -294,7 +290,7 @@ public:
      * This format is more complex, but significantly smaller (at most 1.5 MiB), and supports
      * changes to the ADDRMAN_ parameters without breaking the on-disk structure.
      *
-     * We don't use ADD_SERIALIZE_METHODS since the serialization and deserialization code has
+     * We don't use SERIALIZE_METHODS since the serialization and deserialization code has
      * very little in common.
      */
     template<typename Stream>
diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
index c84a1567f1..c9e994f844 100644
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -199,6 +199,30 @@ template<typename X> const X& ReadWriteAsHelper(const X& x) { return x; }
         SerializationOp(s, CSerActionUnserialize());                  \
     }
 
+/**
+ * Implement the Serialize and Unserialize methods by delegating to a single templated
+ * static method that takes the to-be-(de)serialized object as a parameter. This approach
+ * has the advantage that the constness of the object becomes a template parameter, and
+ * thus allows a single implementation that sees the object as const for serializing
+ * and non-const for deserializing, without casts.
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_METHODS(cls, obj)                                                 \
+    template<typename Stream>                                                       \
+    void Serialize(Stream& s) const                                                 \
+    {                                                                               \
+        static_assert(std::is_same<const cls&, decltype(*this)>::value, "Serialize type mismatch"); \
+        SerializationOps(*this, s, CSerActionSerialize());                          \
+    }                                                                               \
+    template<typename Stream>                                                       \
+    void Unserialize(Stream& s)                                                     \
+    {                                                                               \
+        static_assert(std::is_same<cls&, decltype(*this)>::value, "Unserialize type mismatch"); \
+        SerializationOps(*this, s, CSerActionUnserialize());                        \
+    }                                                                               \
+    template<typename Stream, typename Type, typename Operation>                    \
+    static inline void SerializationOps(Type& obj, Stream& s, Operation ser_action) \
+
+
 #ifndef CHAR_EQUALS_INT8
 template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, char a    ) { ser_writedata8(s, a); } // TODO Get rid of bare char
 #endif