diff --git a/connection_unix.go b/connection_unix.go
index 2853de2a4..a8bbd60b2 100644
--- a/connection_unix.go
+++ b/connection_unix.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/internal/netpoll"
 	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/internal/socket"
 	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/pkg/mixedbuffer"
+	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/pkg/pool/bytebuffer"
 	rbPool "github.com/panjf2000/gnet/pkg/pool/ringbuffer"
 	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/pkg/ringbuffer"
 )
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ type conn struct {
 	opened         bool                    // connection opened event fired
 	localAddr      net.Addr                // local addr
 	remoteAddr     net.Addr                // remote addr
-	inboundBuffer  *ringbuffer.RingBuffer  // buffer for data from the peer
-	outboundBuffer *mixedbuffer.Buffer     // buffer for data that is ready to write to the peer
+	inboundBuffer  *ringbuffer.RingBuffer  // buffer for leftover data from the peer
+	transitBuffer  *bytebuffer.ByteBuffer  // buffer for a complete packet
+	outboundBuffer *mixedbuffer.Buffer     // buffer for data that is eligible to be sent to the peer
 	pollAttachment *netpoll.PollAttachment // connection attachment for poller
 }
 
@@ -161,26 +163,51 @@ func (c *conn) sendTo(buf []byte) error {
 // ================================== Non-concurrency-safe API's ==================================
 
 func (c *conn) Read() []byte {
-	buf, _ := c.inboundBuffer.PeekAll()
-	return buf
+	head, tail := c.inboundBuffer.PeekAll()
+	if tail == nil {
+		return head
+	}
+	if c.transitBuffer == nil {
+		c.transitBuffer = c.inboundBuffer.ByteBuffer()
+		return c.transitBuffer.B
+	}
+	c.transitBuffer.Reset()
+	_, _ = c.transitBuffer.Write(head)
+	_, _ = c.transitBuffer.Write(tail)
+	return c.transitBuffer.B
 }
 
 func (c *conn) ResetBuffer() {
 	c.inboundBuffer.Reset()
+	if c.transitBuffer != nil {
+		c.transitBuffer.Reset()
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *conn) ReadN(n int) (int, []byte) {
 	inBufferLen := c.inboundBuffer.Length()
 	if inBufferLen <= n || n <= 0 {
-		buf, _ := c.inboundBuffer.PeekAll()
-		return inBufferLen, buf
+		return inBufferLen, c.Read()
 	}
-	buf, _ := c.inboundBuffer.Peek(n)
-	return len(buf), buf
+	head, tail := c.inboundBuffer.Peek(n)
+	if tail == nil {
+		return n, head
+	}
+	if c.transitBuffer == nil {
+		c.transitBuffer = bytebuffer.Get()
+	} else {
+		c.transitBuffer.Reset()
+	}
+	_, _ = c.transitBuffer.Write(head)
+	_, _ = c.transitBuffer.Write(tail)
+	return n, c.transitBuffer.B
 }
 
 func (c *conn) ShiftN(n int) int {
 	c.inboundBuffer.Discard(n)
+	if c.transitBuffer != nil {
+		c.transitBuffer.Reset()
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
diff --git a/eventloop_unix.go b/eventloop_unix.go
index 4ae60fc4d..20428fc1c 100644
--- a/eventloop_unix.go
+++ b/eventloop_unix.go
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ func (el *eventloop) loopRead(c *conn) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
-	_ = c.inboundBuffer.Rewind()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_unix.go b/pkg/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_unix.go
index 3161896f3..95638fb5c 100644
--- a/pkg/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_unix.go
@@ -17,19 +17,46 @@
 
 package ringbuffer
 
-import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/internal/io"
+)
 
 // ========================= gnet specific APIs =========================
 
 // CopyFromSocket copies data from a socket fd into ring-buffer.
 func (rb *RingBuffer) CopyFromSocket(fd int) (n int, err error) {
-	n, err = unix.Read(fd, rb.buf[rb.w:])
+	if rb.r == rb.w {
+		if !rb.isEmpty {
+			return
+		}
+		rb.Reset()
+		n, err = unix.Read(fd, rb.buf)
+		if n > 0 {
+			rb.w += n
+			rb.isEmpty = false
+			if rb.w == rb.size {
+				rb.w = 0
+			}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if rb.w < rb.r {
+		n, err = unix.Read(fd, rb.buf[rb.w:rb.r])
+		if n > 0 {
+			rb.w += n
+			rb.isEmpty = false
+			if rb.w == rb.size {
+				rb.w = 0
+			}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	n, err = io.Readv(fd, [][]byte{rb.buf[rb.w:], rb.buf[:rb.r]})
 	if n > 0 {
+		rb.w = (rb.w + n) % rb.size
 		rb.isEmpty = false
-		rb.w += n
-		if rb.w == rb.size {
-			rb.w = 0
-		}
 	}
 	return
 }