diff --git a/src/Client/Adapter/Socket.php b/src/Client/Adapter/Socket.php
index 96b6a69eaf..694e0a0580 100644
--- a/src/Client/Adapter/Socket.php
+++ b/src/Client/Adapter/Socket.php
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ public function read()
                     $line  = fgets($this->socket);
                     $this->_checkSocketReadTimeout();
 
-                    $chunk = '';
+                    $chunk = $line;
 
                     // Figure out the next chunk size
                     $chunksize = trim($line);