diff --git a/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java b/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java
index 2a7c7684dd..1720e1dfe2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ private static final class ObserveOnSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> implemen
         final NotificationLite<T> on;
         final boolean delayError;
         final Queue<Object> queue;
-        final int bufferSize;
+        /** The emission threshold that should trigger a replenishing request. */
+        final int limit;
         
         // the status of the current stream
         volatile boolean finished;
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ private static final class ObserveOnSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> implemen
          * reading finished (acquire).
          */
         Throwable error;
+        
+        /** Remembers how many elements have been emitted before the requests run out. */
+        long emitted;
 
         // do NOT pass the Subscriber through to couple the subscription chain ... unsubscribing on the parent should
         // not prevent anything downstream from consuming, which will happen if the Subscription is chained
@@ -105,12 +109,16 @@ public ObserveOnSubscriber(Scheduler scheduler, Subscriber<? super T> child, boo
             this.recursiveScheduler = scheduler.createWorker();
             this.delayError = delayError;
             this.on = NotificationLite.instance();
-            this.bufferSize = (bufferSize > 0) ? bufferSize : RxRingBuffer.SIZE;
+            int calculatedSize = (bufferSize > 0) ? bufferSize : RxRingBuffer.SIZE;
+            // this formula calculates the 75% of the bufferSize, rounded up to the next integer
+            this.limit = calculatedSize - (calculatedSize >> 2);
             if (UnsafeAccess.isUnsafeAvailable()) {
-                queue = new SpscArrayQueue<Object>(this.bufferSize);
+                queue = new SpscArrayQueue<Object>(calculatedSize);
             } else {
-                queue = new SpscAtomicArrayQueue<Object>(this.bufferSize);
+                queue = new SpscAtomicArrayQueue<Object>(calculatedSize);
             }
+            // signal that this is an async operator capable of receiving this many
+            request(calculatedSize);
         }
         
         void init() {
@@ -133,12 +141,6 @@ public void request(long n) {
             localChild.add(this);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public void onStart() {
-            // signal that this is an async operator capable of receiving this many
-            request(this.bufferSize);
-        }
-
         @Override
         public void onNext(final T t) {
             if (isUnsubscribed() || finished) {
@@ -180,9 +182,8 @@ protected void schedule() {
         // only execute this from schedule()
         @Override
         public void call() {
-            long emitted = 0L;
-
             long missed = 1L;
+            long currentEmission = emitted;
 
             // these are accessed in a tight loop around atomics so
             // loading them into local variables avoids the mandatory re-reading
@@ -197,7 +198,6 @@ public void call() {
             
             for (;;) {
                 long requestAmount = requested.get();
-                long currentEmission = 0L;
                 
                 while (requestAmount != currentEmission) {
                     boolean done = finished;
@@ -215,7 +215,11 @@ public void call() {
                     localChild.onNext(localOn.getValue(v));
 
                     currentEmission++;
-                    emitted++;
+                    if (currentEmission == limit) {
+                        requestAmount = BackpressureUtils.produced(requested, currentEmission);
+                        request(currentEmission);
+                        currentEmission = 0L;
+                    }
                 }
                 
                 if (requestAmount == currentEmission) {
@@ -223,20 +227,13 @@ public void call() {
                         return;
                     }
                 }
-                
-                if (currentEmission != 0L) {
-                    BackpressureUtils.produced(requested, currentEmission);
-                }
-                
+
+                emitted = currentEmission;
                 missed = counter.addAndGet(-missed);
                 if (missed == 0L) {
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            
-            if (emitted != 0L) {
-                request(emitted);
-            }
         }
         
         boolean checkTerminated(boolean done, boolean isEmpty, Subscriber<? super T> a, Queue<Object> q) {
@@ -285,4 +282,4 @@ boolean checkTerminated(boolean done, boolean isEmpty, Subscriber<? super T> a,
             return false;
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOnTest.java b/src/test/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOnTest.java
index 323f74b786..29c1a4a8d5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOnTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rx/internal/operators/OperatorObserveOnTest.java
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ public void testErrorDelayedAsync() {
     
     @Test
     public void requestExactCompletesImmediately() {
-TestSubscriber<Integer> ts = TestSubscriber.create(0);
+        TestSubscriber<Integer> ts = TestSubscriber.create(0);
         
         TestScheduler test = Schedulers.test();
 
@@ -884,4 +884,53 @@ public void requestExactCompletesImmediately() {
         ts.assertNoErrors();
         ts.assertCompleted();
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void fixedReplenishPattern() {
+        TestSubscriber<Integer> ts = TestSubscriber.create(0);
+
+        TestScheduler test = Schedulers.test();
+        
+        final List<Long> requests = new ArrayList<Long>();
+        
+        Observable.range(1, 100)
+        .doOnRequest(new Action1<Long>() {
+            @Override
+            public void call(Long v) {
+                requests.add(v);
+            }
+        })
+        .observeOn(test, 16).subscribe(ts);
+        
+        test.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        ts.requestMore(20);
+        test.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        ts.requestMore(10);
+        test.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        ts.requestMore(50);
+        test.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        ts.requestMore(35);
+        test.advanceTimeBy(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        
+        ts.assertValueCount(100);
+        ts.assertCompleted();
+        ts.assertNoErrors();
+        
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList(16L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L), requests);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void bufferSizesWork() {
+        for (int i = 1; i <= 1024; i = i * 2) {
+            TestSubscriber<Integer> ts = TestSubscriber.create();
+            
+            Observable.range(1, 1000 * 1000).observeOn(Schedulers.computation(), i)
+            .subscribe(ts);
+            
+            ts.awaitTerminalEvent();
+            ts.assertValueCount(1000 * 1000);
+            ts.assertCompleted();
+            ts.assertNoErrors();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribeTest.java b/src/test/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribeTest.java
index 633d229921..cd74520971 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rx/observables/AsyncOnSubscribeTest.java
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ public void call() {
                                     }}));
                         break;
                     case 2:
-                        observer.onNext(Observable.<Integer>never()
+                        observer.onNext(Observable.just(1)
+                                .concatWith(Observable.<Integer>never())
                                 .subscribeOn(scheduler)
                                 .doOnUnsubscribe(new Action0(){
                                     @Override
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ public void call() {
                     return state + 1;
                 }});
         Subscription subscription = Observable.create(os)
-            .observeOn(scheduler)
+            .observeOn(scheduler, 1)
             .subscribe(subscriber);
         sub.set(subscription);
         subscriber.assertNoValues();
@@ -465,4 +466,4 @@ public Integer call(Integer state, Long requested, Observer<Observable<? extends
         
         subscriber.assertNotCompleted();
     }
-}
+}
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