diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index fd7577527c3..7515ffbaa1b 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -147,17 +147,24 @@ function readableAddChunk(stream, state, chunk, encoding, addToFront) {
       if (state.decoder && !addToFront && !encoding)
         chunk = state.decoder.write(chunk);
 
-      // update the buffer info.
-      state.length += state.objectMode ? 1 : chunk.length;
-      if (addToFront) {
-        state.buffer.unshift(chunk);
-      } else {
+      if (!addToFront)
         state.reading = false;
-        state.buffer.push(chunk);
-      }
 
-      if (state.needReadable)
-        emitReadable(stream);
+      // if we want the data now, just emit it.
+      if (state.flowing && state.length === 0 && !state.sync) {
+        stream.emit('data', chunk);
+        stream.read(0);
+      } else {
+        // update the buffer info.
+        state.length += state.objectMode ? 1 : chunk.length;
+        if (addToFront)
+          state.buffer.unshift(chunk);
+        else
+          state.buffer.push(chunk);
+
+        if (state.needReadable)
+          emitReadable(stream);
+      }
 
       maybeReadMore(stream, state);
     }