diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/ChannelBufferStreamInput.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/ChannelBufferStreamInput.java
index 5f660526142..5edca5b1e07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/ChannelBufferStreamInput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/ChannelBufferStreamInput.java
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ public class ChannelBufferStreamInput extends StreamInput {
 
     @Override
     public byte readByte() throws IOException {
-        if (available() == 0) {
-            throw new EOFException();
-        }
         return buffer.readByte();
     }