diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/CommandAssembler.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/CommandAssembler.cs
index b031243a56..2d1d0eee79 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/CommandAssembler.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/CommandAssembler.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public CommandAssembler(ProtocolBase protocol)
             Reset();
         }
 
-        public Command HandleFrame(InboundFrame f)
+        public Command HandleFrame(in InboundFrame f)
         {
             switch (m_state)
             {
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Connection.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Connection.cs
index 5ee703bbef..2e6c200a5f 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Connection.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Connection.cs
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ public void MainLoopIteration()
                     // quiescing situation, even though technically we
                     // should be ignoring everything except
                     // connection.close-ok.
-                    _session0.HandleFrame(frame);
+                    _session0.HandleFrame(in frame);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ public void MainLoopIteration()
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            session.HandleFrame(frame);
+                            session.HandleFrame(in frame);
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Frame.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Frame.cs
index c4308815b1..073c9dfcc1 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Frame.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Frame.cs
@@ -165,10 +165,17 @@ internal int GetMinimumBufferSize()
         }
     }
 
-    class InboundFrame : Frame, IDisposable
+    internal readonly struct InboundFrame : IDisposable
     {
-        private InboundFrame(FrameType type, int channel, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> payload) : base(type, channel, payload)
+        public readonly ReadOnlyMemory<byte> Payload;
+        public readonly int Channel;
+        public readonly FrameType Type;
+
+        private InboundFrame(FrameType type, int channel, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> payload)
         {
+            Payload = payload;
+            Type = type;
+            Channel = channel;
         }
 
         public bool IsMethod()
@@ -289,6 +296,11 @@ public void Dispose()
                 ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(segment.Array);
             }
         }
+        
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return $"(type={Type}, channel={Channel}, {Payload.Length} bytes of payload)";
+        }
     }
 
     class Frame
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/ISession.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/ISession.cs
index e9ad5ea76f..baf411a731 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/ISession.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/ISession.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ interface ISession
 
         void Close(ShutdownEventArgs reason);
         void Close(ShutdownEventArgs reason, bool notify);
-        void HandleFrame(InboundFrame frame);
+        void HandleFrame(in InboundFrame frame);
         void Notify();
         void Transmit(Command cmd);
         void Transmit(IList<Command> cmd);
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/MainSession.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/MainSession.cs
index 1bb86f95b2..e440a04d3f 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/MainSession.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/MainSession.cs
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ public MainSession(Connection connection) : base(connection, 0)
 
         public Action Handler { get; set; }
 
-        public override void HandleFrame(InboundFrame frame)
+        public override void HandleFrame(in InboundFrame frame)
         {
             lock (_closingLock)
             {
                 if (!_closing)
                 {
-                    base.HandleFrame(frame);
+                    base.HandleFrame(in frame);
                     return;
                 }
             }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public override void HandleFrame(InboundFrame frame)
                 if ((method.ProtocolClassId == _closeClassId)
                     && (method.ProtocolMethodId == _closeMethodId))
                 {
-                    base.HandleFrame(frame);
+                    base.HandleFrame(in frame);
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/QuiescingSession.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/QuiescingSession.cs
index c8bc6a859f..633426b133 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/QuiescingSession.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/QuiescingSession.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public QuiescingSession(Connection connection,
             m_reason = reason;
         }
 
-        public override void HandleFrame(InboundFrame frame)
+        public override void HandleFrame(in InboundFrame frame)
         {
             if (frame.IsMethod())
             {
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Session.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Session.cs
index 6aa7b59e6e..b448984ad7 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Session.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/Session.cs
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ public Session(Connection connection, int channelNumber)
             _assembler = new CommandAssembler(connection.Protocol);
         }
 
-        public override void HandleFrame(InboundFrame frame)
+        public override void HandleFrame(in InboundFrame frame)
         {
-            using (Command cmd = _assembler.HandleFrame(frame))
+            using (Command cmd = _assembler.HandleFrame(in frame))
             {
                 if (cmd != null)
                 {
diff --git a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SessionBase.cs b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SessionBase.cs
index 522238ea74..9a6154f059 100644
--- a/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SessionBase.cs
+++ b/projects/RabbitMQ.Client/client/impl/SessionBase.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public void Close(ShutdownEventArgs reason, bool notify)
             }
         }
 
-        public abstract void HandleFrame(InboundFrame frame);
+        public abstract void HandleFrame(in InboundFrame frame);
 
         public void Notify()
         {