diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index aa17a392..a1aad7b3 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -1028,7 +1028,17 @@ func (f *File) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
 
 	cancel := make(chan struct{})
 
+	concurrency := len(b)/f.c.maxPacket + 1
+	if concurrency > f.c.maxConcurrentRequests || concurrency < 1 {
+		concurrency = f.c.maxConcurrentRequests
+	}
+
+	resPool := newResChanPool(concurrency)
+
 	type work struct {
+		id  uint32
+		res chan result
+
 		b   []byte
 		off int64
 	}
@@ -1048,8 +1058,18 @@ func (f *File) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
 				rb = rb[:chunkSize]
 			}
 
+			id := f.c.nextID()
+			res := resPool.Get()
+
+			f.c.dispatchRequest(res, &sshFxpReadPacket{
+				ID:     id,
+				Handle: f.handle,
+				Offset: uint64(offset),
+				Len:    uint32(chunkSize),
+			})
+
 			select {
-			case workCh <- work{rb, offset}:
+			case workCh <- work{id, res, rb, offset}:
 			case <-cancel:
 				return
 			}
@@ -1065,11 +1085,6 @@ func (f *File) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
 	}
 	errCh := make(chan rErr)
 
-	concurrency := len(b)/f.c.maxPacket + 1
-	if concurrency > f.c.maxConcurrentRequests || concurrency < 1 {
-		concurrency = f.c.maxConcurrentRequests
-	}
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(concurrency)
 	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
@@ -1077,10 +1092,40 @@ func (f *File) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (int, error) {
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 
-			ch := make(chan result, 1) // reusable channel per mapper.
-
 			for packet := range workCh {
-				n, err := f.readChunkAt(ch, packet.b, packet.off)
+				var n int
+
+				s := <-packet.res
+				resPool.Put(packet.res)
+
+				err := s.err
+				if err == nil {
+					switch s.typ {
+					case sshFxpStatus:
+						err = normaliseError(unmarshalStatus(packet.id, s.data))
+
+					case sshFxpData:
+						sid, data := unmarshalUint32(s.data)
+						if packet.id != sid {
+							err = &unexpectedIDErr{packet.id, sid}
+
+						} else {
+							l, data := unmarshalUint32(data)
+							n = copy(packet.b, data[:l])
+
+							// For normal disk files, it is guaranteed that this will read
+							// the specified number of bytes, or up to end of file.
+							// This implies, if we have a short read, that means EOF.
+							if n < len(packet.b) {
+								err = io.EOF
+							}
+						}
+
+					default:
+						err = unimplementedPacketErr(s.typ)
+					}
+				}
+
 				if err != nil {
 					// return the offset as the start + how much we read before the error.
 					errCh <- rErr{packet.off + int64(n), err}