diff --git a/mina-http/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/http/HttpServerDecoder.java b/mina-http/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/http/HttpServerDecoder.java
index 30c1f8157..87938e2eb 100644
--- a/mina-http/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/http/HttpServerDecoder.java
+++ b/mina-http/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/http/HttpServerDecoder.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public void dispose(IoSession session) throws Exception {
     }
 
     private HttpRequestImpl parseHttpRequestHead(ByteBuffer buffer) {
-        String raw = new String(buffer.array(), 0, buffer.limit());
+        String raw = new String(buffer.array(), buffer.position(), buffer.remaining());
         String[] headersAndBody = RAW_VALUE_PATTERN.split(raw, -1);
 
         if (headersAndBody.length <= 1) {