diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder.java
index a91f0b7784..d0fa052cd3 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public class SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder extends SpdyHeaderBlockDecoder {
 
     private State state;
 
+    private ByteBuf cumulation;
+
     private int headerSize;
     private int numHeaders;
     private int length;
@@ -67,6 +69,24 @@ public class SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder extends SpdyHeaderBlockDecoder {
             throw new NullPointerException("frame");
         }
 
+        if (cumulation == null) {
+            decodeHeaderBlock(headerBlock, frame);
+            if (headerBlock.isReadable()) {
+                cumulation = headerBlock.alloc().buffer(headerBlock.readableBytes());
+                cumulation.writeBytes(headerBlock);
+            }
+        } else {
+            cumulation.writeBytes(headerBlock);
+            decodeHeaderBlock(cumulation, frame);
+            if (cumulation.isReadable()) {
+                cumulation.discardReadBytes();
+            } else {
+                cumulation = null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void decodeHeaderBlock(ByteBuf headerBlock, SpdyHeadersFrame frame) throws Exception {
         int skipLength;
         while (headerBlock.isReadable()) {
             switch(state) {
@@ -267,6 +287,9 @@ public class SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder extends SpdyHeaderBlockDecoder {
         if (state != State.END_HEADER_BLOCK) {
             frame.setInvalid();
         }
+
+        releaseBuffer();
+
         // Initialize header block decoding fields
         headerSize = 0;
         name = null;
@@ -275,5 +298,13 @@ public class SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder extends SpdyHeaderBlockDecoder {
 
     @Override
     void end() {
+        releaseBuffer();
+    }
+
+    private void releaseBuffer() {
+        if (cumulation != null) {
+            cumulation.release();
+            cumulation = null;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoder.java
index 476aa6bf27..dffa26b163 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoder.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ final class SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoder extends SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoder {
             }
             if (frame != null) {
                 decompressed.writerIndex(decompressed.writerIndex() + numBytes);
-                super.decode(decompressed, frame);
+                super.decodeHeaderBlock(decompressed, frame);
                 decompressed.discardReadBytes();
             }
 
diff --git a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoderTest.java b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoderTest.java
index 1436dfa534..754aca58bb 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoderTest.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoderTest.java
@@ -391,25 +391,21 @@ public class SpdyHeaderBlockRawDecoderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testMultipleDecodes() throws Exception {
-        ByteBuf numHeaders = Unpooled.buffer(4);
-        numHeaders.writeInt(1);
+        ByteBuf headerBlock = Unpooled.buffer(21);
+        headerBlock.writeInt(1);
+        headerBlock.writeInt(4);
+        headerBlock.writeBytes(nameBytes);
+        headerBlock.writeInt(5);
+        headerBlock.writeBytes(valueBytes);
 
-        ByteBuf nameBlock = Unpooled.buffer(8);
-        nameBlock.writeInt(4);
-        nameBlock.writeBytes(nameBytes);
-
-        ByteBuf valueBlock = Unpooled.buffer(9);
-        valueBlock.writeInt(5);
-        valueBlock.writeBytes(valueBytes);
-
-        decoder.decode(numHeaders, frame);
-        decoder.decode(nameBlock, frame);
-        decoder.decode(valueBlock, frame);
+        int readableBytes = headerBlock.readableBytes();
+        for (int i = 0; i < readableBytes; i++) {
+            ByteBuf headerBlockSegment = headerBlock.slice(i, 1);
+            decoder.decode(headerBlockSegment, frame);
+            assertFalse(headerBlockSegment.isReadable());
+        }
         decoder.endHeaderBlock(frame);
 
-        assertFalse(numHeaders.isReadable());
-        assertFalse(nameBlock.isReadable());
-        assertFalse(valueBlock.isReadable());
         assertFalse(frame.isInvalid());
         assertEquals(1, frame.headers().names().size());
         assertTrue(frame.headers().contains(name));
diff --git a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoderTest.java b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoderTest.java
index 49e049d6dc..4a9efa32a9 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoderTest.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/spdy/SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoderTest.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class SpdyHeaderBlockZlibDecoderTest {
         for (int i = 0; i < readableBytes; i++) {
             ByteBuf headerBlockSegment = headerBlock.slice(i, 1);
             decoder.decode(headerBlockSegment, frame);
+            assertFalse(headerBlockSegment.isReadable());
         }
         decoder.endHeaderBlock(frame);