diff --git a/hyper/common/bufsocket.py b/hyper/common/bufsocket.py
index b35393af..854681ca 100644
--- a/hyper/common/bufsocket.py
+++ b/hyper/common/bufsocket.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def recv(self, amt):
         else:
             should_read = True
 
-        if (self._remaining_capacity > self._bytes_in_buffer and should_read):
+        if should_read:
             count = self._sck.recv_into(self._buffer_view[self._buffer_end:])
 
             # The socket just got closed. We should throw an exception if we