diff --git a/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/ByteBufPayload.java b/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/ByteBufPayload.java
index d63454ba9..c1d9b0b9e 100644
--- a/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/ByteBufPayload.java
+++ b/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/ByteBufPayload.java
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 import io.netty.util.AbstractReferenceCounted;
 import io.netty.util.Recycler;
 import io.rsocket.Payload;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 public final class ByteBufPayload extends AbstractReferenceCounted implements Payload {
   private static final Recycler<ByteBufPayload> RECYCLER =
@@ -168,8 +169,8 @@ public static Payload create(ByteBuf data) {
   public static Payload create(ByteBuf data, @Nullable ByteBuf metadata) {
     ByteBufPayload payload = RECYCLER.get();
     payload.setRefCnt(1);
-    payload.data = data;
-    payload.metadata = metadata;
+    payload.data = data.retain();
+    payload.metadata = metadata == null ? Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER : metadata.retain();
     return payload;
   }
 
diff --git a/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/DefaultPayload.java b/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/DefaultPayload.java
index c53617e7c..8804e9438 100644
--- a/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/DefaultPayload.java
+++ b/rsocket-core/src/main/java/io/rsocket/util/DefaultPayload.java
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ public static Payload create(ByteBuffer data, @Nullable ByteBuffer metadata) {
   }
 
   public static Payload create(Payload payload) {
-    return create(payload.getData(), payload.hasMetadata() ? payload.getMetadata() : null);
+    return create(copy(payload.sliceData()), payload.hasMetadata() ? copy(payload.sliceMetadata()) : null);
+  }
+
+  private static ByteBuffer copy(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
+    byte[] contents = new byte[byteBuf.readableBytes()];
+    byteBuf.readBytes(contents);
+    return ByteBuffer.wrap(contents);
   }
 }
diff --git a/rsocket-examples/src/test/java/io/rsocket/integration/InteractionsLoadTest.java b/rsocket-examples/src/test/java/io/rsocket/integration/InteractionsLoadTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c43cefed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rsocket-examples/src/test/java/io/rsocket/integration/InteractionsLoadTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package io.rsocket.integration;
+
+import io.rsocket.AbstractRSocket;
+import io.rsocket.Payload;
+import io.rsocket.RSocket;
+import io.rsocket.RSocketFactory;
+import io.rsocket.test.SlowTest;
+import io.rsocket.transport.netty.client.TcpClientTransport;
+import io.rsocket.transport.netty.server.NettyContextCloseable;
+import io.rsocket.transport.netty.server.TcpServerTransport;
+import io.rsocket.util.DefaultPayload;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+public class InteractionsLoadTest {
+
+  @Test
+  @SlowTest
+  public void channel() {
+    TcpServerTransport serverTransport = TcpServerTransport.create(0);
+
+    NettyContextCloseable server = RSocketFactory.receive()
+        .acceptor((setup, rsocket) -> Mono.just(new EchoRSocket()))
+        .transport(serverTransport)
+        .start()
+        .block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+
+    TcpClientTransport transport = TcpClientTransport.create(server.address());
+
+    RSocket client = RSocketFactory
+        .connect()
+        .transport(transport).start()
+        .block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+
+    int concurrency = 16;
+    Flux.range(1, concurrency)
+        .flatMap(v ->
+            client.requestChannel(
+                input().onBackpressureDrop().map(iv ->
+                    DefaultPayload.create("foo")))
+                .limitRate(10000), concurrency)
+        .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+        .doOnNext(p -> {
+          String data = p.getDataUtf8();
+          if (!data.equals("bar")) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Channel Client Bad message: " + data);
+          }
+        })
+        .window(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
+        .flatMap(Flux::count)
+        .doOnNext(d -> System.out.println("Got: " + d))
+        .take(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+        .doOnTerminate(server::dispose)
+        .subscribe();
+
+    server.onClose().block();
+
+  }
+
+  private static Flux<Long> input() {
+    Flux<Long> interval = Flux.interval(Duration.ofMillis(1))
+        .onBackpressureDrop();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      interval = interval.mergeWith(interval);
+    }
+    return interval;
+  }
+
+  private static class EchoRSocket extends AbstractRSocket {
+    @Override
+    public Flux<Payload> requestChannel(Publisher<Payload> payloads) {
+      return Flux.from(payloads).map(p -> {
+
+        String data = p.getDataUtf8();
+        if (!data.equals("foo")) {
+          throw  new IllegalStateException("Channel Server Bad message: " + data);
+        }
+        return DefaultPayload.create(DefaultPayload.create("bar"));
+      });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Flux<Payload> requestStream(Payload payload) {
+      return Flux.just(payload)
+          .map(p -> {
+            String data = p.getDataUtf8();
+            return data;
+          })
+          .doOnNext((data) -> {
+            if (!data.equals("foo")) {
+              throw new IllegalStateException("Stream Server Bad message: " + data);
+            }
+          }).flatMap(data -> {
+            Supplier<Payload> p = () -> DefaultPayload.create("bar");
+            return Flux.range(1, 100).map(v -> p.get());
+          });
+    }
+  }
+}