diff --git a/src/io/futures/connecting_stream.rs b/src/io/futures/connecting_stream.rs
index 09eb7f29..997f628c 100644
--- a/src/io/futures/connecting_stream.rs
+++ b/src/io/futures/connecting_stream.rs
@@ -68,14 +68,13 @@ impl Future for ConnectingStream {
 
     fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Self::Item, Self::Error> {
         match try_ready!(self.either_poll()) {
-            Out::WaitForStream((stream, _)) => {
-                Ok(Ready(Stream {
-                    closed: false,
-                    next_packet: Some(PacketParser::empty().parse()),
-                    buf: Some(Vec::new()),
-                    endpoint: Some(stream.into()),
-                }))
-            }
+            Out::WaitForStream((stream, _)) => Ok(Ready(Stream {
+                closed: false,
+                parser: Some(PacketParser::empty()),
+                packets: Default::default(),
+                buf: Vec::new(),
+                endpoint: Some(stream.into()),
+            })),
             Out::Fail(_) => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/io/mod.rs b/src/io/mod.rs
index 52386cf1..44d300f3 100644
--- a/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ use io::futures::WritePacket;
 use native_tls::{Certificate, Pkcs12, TlsConnector};
 use myc::packets::{PacketParser, ParseResult, RawPacket};
 use opts::SslOpts;
-use std::cmp;
 use std::io;
-use std::io::Read;
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
@@ -182,8 +180,9 @@ impl AsyncWrite for Endpoint {
 pub struct Stream {
     endpoint: Option<Endpoint>,
     closed: bool,
-    next_packet: Option<ParseResult>,
-    buf: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    parser: Option<PacketParser>,
+    packets: ::std::collections::VecDeque<(RawPacket, u8)>,
+    buf: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Stream {
@@ -287,75 +286,67 @@ impl stream::Stream for Stream {
     type Error = Error;
 
     fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Option<(RawPacket, u8)>, Error> {
-        loop {
-            // should read everything from self.endpoint
-            let mut would_block = false;
-            if !self.closed {
-                let mut buf = [0u8; 4096];
-                loop {
-                    match self.read(&mut buf[..]) {
-                        Ok(0) => {
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        Ok(size) => {
-                            let buf_handle = self.buf.as_mut().unwrap();
-                            buf_handle.extend_from_slice(&buf[..size]);
-                        }
-                        Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
-                            would_block = true;
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        Err(error) => {
-                            self.closed = true;
-                            return Err(Error::from(error));
-                        }
-                    };
-                }
-            } else {
-                return Ok(Ready(None));
-            }
+        // emit pending packets
+        if let Some(packet) = self.packets.pop_front() {
+            return Ok(Ready(Some(packet)));
+        }
 
-            // need to call again if there is a data in self.buf
-            // or data was written to packet parser
-            let mut should_poll = false;
-
-            let next_packet = self.next_packet.take().expect(
-                "Stream.next_packet should not be None",
-                );
-            let next_packet = match next_packet {
-                ParseResult::Done(packet, seq_id) => {
-                    self.next_packet = Some(PacketParser::empty().parse());
-                    return Ok(Ready(Some((packet, seq_id))));
+        // should read everything from self.endpoint
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 4096];
+        while !self.closed {
+            match self.poll_read(&mut buf[..]) {
+                Err(error) => {
+                    self.closed = true;
+                    bail!(error)
                 }
-                ParseResult::Incomplete(mut new_packet, needed) => {
-                    let buf_handle = self.buf.as_mut().unwrap();
-                    let buf_len = buf_handle.len();
-
-                    let to = cmp::min(needed, buf_len);
-                    new_packet.extend_from_slice(&buf_handle[..to]);
-                    {
-                        let src = unsafe { buf_handle.as_ptr().offset(to as isize) };
-                        let dst = buf_handle.as_mut_ptr();
-                        let len = buf_handle.len() - to;
-                        unsafe {
-                            ::std::ptr::copy(src, dst, len);
-                            buf_handle.set_len(len);
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if buf_len != 0 {
-                        should_poll = true;
-                    }
-
-                    new_packet
+                Ok(Ready(0)) => {
+                    self.closed = true;
                 }
+                Ok(Ready(size)) => {
+                    self.buf.extend_from_slice(&buf[..size]);
+                }
+                Ok(NotReady) => break,
             };
+        }
 
-            self.next_packet = Some(next_packet.parse());
+        // parse buffer into packets
+        let (packets, parser, buf) = parse_packet(self.parser.take().unwrap(), &self.buf);
+        self.packets = packets.into();
+        self.parser = Some(parser);
+        self.buf = buf;
 
-            if !should_poll && would_block {
-                return Ok(NotReady)
-            }
+        if let Some(packet) = self.packets.pop_front() {
+            return Ok(Ready(Some(packet)));
+        }
+
+        if self.closed {
+            bail!(ErrorKind::ConnectionClosed);
         }
+        return Ok(NotReady);
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_packet(
+    mut parser: PacketParser,
+    mut buf: &[u8],
+) -> (Vec<(RawPacket, u8)>, PacketParser, Vec<u8>) {
+    let mut packets = Vec::new();
+
+    loop {
+        parser = match parser.parse() {
+            ParseResult::Done(packet, seq_id) => {
+                packets.push((packet, seq_id));
+                PacketParser::empty()
+            }
+            ParseResult::Incomplete(mut parser, needed) => {
+                if buf.len() < needed {
+                    return (packets, parser, Vec::from(buf));
+                }
+
+                parser.extend_from_slice(&buf[..needed]);
+                buf = &buf[needed..];
+                parser
+            }
+        };
     }
 }