diff --git a/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/buffer/InputStreamBufferInput.java b/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/buffer/InputStreamBufferInput.java
index d9a7c3466..7ccb61f7c 100644
--- a/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/buffer/InputStreamBufferInput.java
+++ b/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/buffer/InputStreamBufferInput.java
@@ -54,21 +54,13 @@ public MessageBuffer next() throws IOException {
         if(reachedEOF)
             return null;
 
-        byte[] buffer = null;
-        int cursor = 0;
-        while(!reachedEOF && cursor < bufferSize) {
-            if(buffer == null)
-                buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
-
-            int readLen = in.read(buffer, cursor, bufferSize - cursor);
-            if(readLen == -1) {
-                reachedEOF = true;
-                break;
-            }
-            cursor += readLen;
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
+        int readLen = in.read(buffer);
+        if(readLen == -1) {
+            reachedEOF = true;
+            return null;
         }
-
-        return buffer == null ? null : MessageBuffer.wrap(buffer).slice(0, cursor);
+        return MessageBuffer.wrap(buffer).slice(0, readLen);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/msgpack-core/src/test/scala/org/msgpack/core/buffer/MessageBufferInputTest.scala b/msgpack-core/src/test/scala/org/msgpack/core/buffer/MessageBufferInputTest.scala
index 379badf7e..8daa5929e 100644
--- a/msgpack-core/src/test/scala/org/msgpack/core/buffer/MessageBufferInputTest.scala
+++ b/msgpack-core/src/test/scala/org/msgpack/core/buffer/MessageBufferInputTest.scala
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package org.msgpack.core.buffer
 
 import org.msgpack.core.{MessageUnpacker, MessagePack, MessagePackSpec}
 import java.io._
-import xerial.core.io.IOUtil
+import xerial.core.io.IOUtil._
 import scala.util.Random
 import java.util.zip.{GZIPOutputStream, GZIPInputStream}
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
-import org.msgpack.unpacker.MessagePackUnpacker
+
 
 /**
  * Created on 5/30/14.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MessageBufferInputTest extends MessagePackSpec {
       val tmp = File.createTempFile("testbuf", ".dat", new File("target"))
       tmp.getParentFile.mkdirs()
       tmp.deleteOnExit()
-      IOUtil.withResource(new FileOutputStream(tmp)) { out =>
+      withResource(new FileOutputStream(tmp)) { out =>
         out.write(b)
       }
       tmp
@@ -135,6 +135,32 @@ class MessageBufferInputTest extends MessagePackSpec {
       buf.reset(in1)
       readInt(buf) shouldBe 42
     }
+
+    "be non-blocking" taggedAs("non-blocking") in {
+
+      withResource(new PipedOutputStream()) { pipedOutputStream =>
+        withResource(new PipedInputStream()) { pipedInputStream =>
+          pipedInputStream.connect(pipedOutputStream)
+
+          val packer = MessagePack.newDefaultPacker(pipedOutputStream)
+            .packArrayHeader(2)
+            .packLong(42)
+            .packString("hello world")
+
+          packer.flush
+
+          val unpacker = MessagePack.newDefaultUnpacker(pipedInputStream)
+          unpacker.hasNext() shouldBe true
+          unpacker.unpackArrayHeader() shouldBe 2
+          unpacker.unpackLong() shouldBe 42L
+          unpacker.unpackString() shouldBe "hello world"
+
+          packer.close
+          unpacker.close
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
   }
 
   "ChannelBufferInput" should {