diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/message/message.go b/exchange/bitswap/message/message.go
index 95a86ee4951..47ec07ff2fa 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/message/message.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/message/message.go
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ func (m *impl) AddBlock(b blocks.Block) {
 
 func FromNet(r io.Reader) (BitSwapMessage, error) {
 	pbr := ggio.NewDelimitedReader(r, inet.MessageSizeMax)
+	return FromPBReader(pbr)
+}
 
+func FromPBReader(pbr ggio.Reader) (BitSwapMessage, error) {
 	pb := new(pb.Message)
 	if err := pbr.ReadMsg(pb); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go b/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go
index 4158b65a104..24145eb960c 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"io"
+
 	key "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blocks/key"
 	bsmsg "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/exchange/bitswap/message"
 	routing "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/routing"
 	host "gx/ipfs/QmVL44QeoQDTYK8RVdpkyja7uYcK3WDNoBNHVLonf9YDtm/go-libp2p/p2p/host"
 	inet "gx/ipfs/QmVL44QeoQDTYK8RVdpkyja7uYcK3WDNoBNHVLonf9YDtm/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
 	ma "gx/ipfs/QmYzDkkgAEmrcNzFCiYo6L1dTX4EAG1gZkbtdbd9trL4vd/go-multiaddr"
+	ggio "gx/ipfs/QmZ4Qi3GaRbjcx28Sme5eMH7RQjGkt8wHxt2a65oLaeFEV/gogo-protobuf/io"
 	context "gx/ipfs/QmZy2y8t9zQH2a1b8q2ZSLKp17ATuJoCNxxyMFG5qFExpt/go-net/context"
 	logging "gx/ipfs/QmaDNZ4QMdBdku1YZWBysufYyoQt1negQGNav6PLYarbY8/go-log"
 	peer "gx/ipfs/QmbyvM8zRFDkbFdYyt1MnevUMJ62SiSGbfDFZ3Z8nkrzr4/go-libp2p-peer"
@@ -150,11 +153,14 @@ func (bsnet *impl) handleNewStream(s inet.Stream) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	reader := ggio.NewDelimitedReader(s, inet.MessageSizeMax)
 	for {
-		received, err := bsmsg.FromNet(s)
+		received, err := bsmsg.FromPBReader(reader)
 		if err != nil {
-			go bsnet.receiver.ReceiveError(err)
-			log.Debugf("bitswap net handleNewStream from %s error: %s", s.Conn().RemotePeer(), err)
+			if err != io.EOF {
+				go bsnet.receiver.ReceiveError(err)
+				log.Debugf("bitswap net handleNewStream from %s error: %s", s.Conn().RemotePeer(), err)
+			}
 			return
 		}