diff --git a/src/api/s3/put.rs b/src/api/s3/put.rs
index 2c51909f..e6698bfa 100644
--- a/src/api/s3/put.rs
+++ b/src/api/s3/put.rs
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ struct StreamChunker<S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>>> {
 	stream: S,
 	read_all: bool,
 	block_size: usize,
-	buf: VecDeque<u8>,
+	buf: VecDeque<Bytes>,
+	buf_len: usize,
 }
 
 impl<S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin> StreamChunker<S> {
@@ -396,29 +397,50 @@ impl<S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin> StreamChunker<S> {
 			stream,
 			read_all: false,
 			block_size,
-			buf: VecDeque::with_capacity(2 * block_size),
+			buf: VecDeque::with_capacity(8),
+			buf_len: 0,
 		}
 	}
 
 	async fn next(&mut self) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, Error> {
-		while !self.read_all && self.buf.len() < self.block_size {
+		while !self.read_all && self.buf_len < self.block_size {
 			if let Some(block) = self.stream.next().await {
 				let bytes = block?;
 				trace!("Body next: {} bytes", bytes.len());
-				self.buf.extend(bytes);
+				self.buf_len += bytes.len();
+				self.buf.push_back(bytes);
 			} else {
 				self.read_all = true;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if self.buf.is_empty() {
+		if self.buf_len == 0 {
 			Ok(None)
-		} else if self.buf.len() <= self.block_size {
-			let block = self.buf.drain(..).collect::<Vec<u8>>();
-			Ok(Some(block))
 		} else {
-			let block = self.buf.drain(..self.block_size).collect::<Vec<u8>>();
-			Ok(Some(block))
+			let mut slices = Vec::with_capacity(self.buf.len());
+			let mut taken = 0;
+			while self.buf_len > 0 && taken < self.block_size {
+				let front = self.buf.pop_front().unwrap();
+				if taken + front.len() <= self.block_size {
+					taken += front.len();
+					self.buf_len -= front.len();
+					slices.push(front);
+				} else {
+					let front_take = self.block_size - taken;
+					slices.push(front.slice(..front_take));
+					self.buf.push_front(front.slice(front_take..));
+					self.buf_len -= front_take;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			Ok(Some(
+				slices
+					.iter()
+					.map(|x| &x[..])
+					.collect::<Vec<_>>()
+					.concat()
+					.into(),
+			))
 		}
 	}
 }