diff --git a/src/main/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStream.java
index b77ee1b99..0dee6bcbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStream.java
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Input stream from chunked coded http request body.
- *
- * @since 0.31.2
  * @link <a href="https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.6.1">Chunked Transfer Coding</a>
+ * @since 0.31.2
  */
 final class ChunkedInputStream extends InputStream {
 
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ final class ChunkedInputStream extends InputStream {
 
     /**
      * Ctor.
+     *
      * @param stream The raw input stream
      */
     ChunkedInputStream(final InputStream stream) {
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ public int read(final byte[] buf, final int off, final int len)
             if (shift == len) {
                 result = len;
             } else {
-                result = shift + this.read(buf, off + shift, len - shift);
+                result = shift + Math.max(
+                    this.read(
+                        buf,
+                        off + shift,
+                    len - shift
+                    ), 0
+                );
             }
         }
         return result;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStreamTest.java b/src/test/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStreamTest.java
index e16b345b5..2d958cdcd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStreamTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/takes/rq/ChunkedInputStreamTest.java
@@ -134,4 +134,33 @@ void ignoresParameterAfterSemiColon() throws IOException {
         MatcherAssert.assertThat(stream.available(), Matchers.equalTo(0));
         stream.close();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void readsWithLenGreaterThanTotalSize() throws IOException {
+        final String data = "Hello, World!";
+        final String length = Integer.toHexString(data.length());
+        final InputStream stream = new ChunkedInputStream(
+            IOUtils.toInputStream(
+                new Joined(
+                    ChunkedInputStreamTest.CRLF,
+                    length,
+                    data,
+                    ChunkedInputStreamTest.END_OF_CHUNK,
+                    ""
+                ).toString(),
+                StandardCharsets.UTF_8
+            )
+        );
+        final byte[] buf = new byte[data.length() + 10];
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            stream.read(buf),
+            Matchers.equalTo(data.length())
+        );
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            buf,
+            Matchers.equalTo((data + new String(new byte[10])).getBytes())
+        );
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(stream.available(), Matchers.equalTo(0));
+        stream.close();
+    }
 }