diff --git a/src/server/listen.c b/src/server/listen.c
--- a/src/server/listen.c
+++ b/src/server/listen.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ size_t distrend_listen_read_handle(struc
       distren_request_free(req);
 
       /* I actually just used recursion in non-LISP code! :-D */
-      return used_len + distrend_listen_read_handle(rem, listens, buf + req->len, len - req->len, client);
+      return used_len + distrend_listen_read_handle(rem, listens, buf + used_len, len - used_len, client);
     }
 
   return used_len;