diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
index 2dda84aafd..11f8af80b0 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketChannel.java
@@ -597,12 +597,11 @@ public final class EpollSocketChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements So
             ByteBuf byteBuf = null;
             boolean close = false;
             try {
-                int byteBufCapacity = allocHandle.guess();
                 int totalReadAmount = 0;
                 for (;;) {
                     // we use a direct buffer here as the native implementations only be able
                     // to handle direct buffers.
-                    byteBuf = allocator.directBuffer(byteBufCapacity);
+                    byteBuf = allocHandle.allocate(allocator);
                     int writable = byteBuf.writableBytes();
                     int localReadAmount = doReadBytes(byteBuf);
                     if (localReadAmount <= 0) {
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
index 18ed477afe..d18cff47f4 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/nio/AbstractNioByteChannel.java
@@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractNioByteChannel extends AbstractNioChannel {
             int messages = 0;
             boolean close = false;
             try {
-                int byteBufCapacity = allocHandle.guess();
                 int totalReadAmount = 0;
                 boolean readPendingReset = false;
                 do {
-                    byteBuf = allocator.ioBuffer(byteBufCapacity);
+                    byteBuf = allocHandle.allocate(allocator);
                     int writable = byteBuf.writableBytes();
                     int localReadAmount = doReadBytes(byteBuf);
                     if (localReadAmount <= 0) {
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java
index e4fd801c4a..4215ad2771 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/oio/AbstractOioByteChannel.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundBuffer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import io.netty.channel.FileRegion;
+import io.netty.channel.RecvByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.ChannelInputShutdownEvent;
 import io.netty.util.internal.StringUtil;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * Abstract base class for OIO which reads and writes bytes from/to a Socket
  */
 public abstract class AbstractOioByteChannel extends AbstractOioChannel {
+    private RecvByteBufAllocator.Handle allocHandle;
 
     private volatile boolean inputShutdown;
     private static final ChannelMetadata METADATA = new ChannelMetadata(false);
@@ -76,13 +78,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractOioByteChannel extends AbstractOioChannel {
         final ChannelConfig config = config();
         final ChannelPipeline pipeline = pipeline();
 
-        // TODO: calculate size as in 3.x
-        ByteBuf byteBuf = alloc().buffer();
+        RecvByteBufAllocator.Handle allocHandle = this.allocHandle;
+        if (allocHandle == null) {
+            this.allocHandle = allocHandle = config.getRecvByteBufAllocator().newHandle();
+        }
+
+        ByteBuf byteBuf = allocHandle.allocate(alloc());
+
         boolean closed = false;
         boolean read = false;
         Throwable exception = null;
         int localReadAmount = 0;
         try {
+            int totalReadAmount = 0;
+
             for (;;) {
                 localReadAmount = doReadBytes(byteBuf);
                 if (localReadAmount > 0) {
@@ -114,12 +123,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractOioByteChannel extends AbstractOioChannel {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+
+                if (totalReadAmount >= Integer.MAX_VALUE - localReadAmount) {
+                    // Avoid overflow.
+                    totalReadAmount = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                totalReadAmount += localReadAmount;
+
                 if (!config.isAutoRead()) {
                     // stop reading until next Channel.read() call
                     // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/1363
                     break;
                 }
             }
+            allocHandle.record(totalReadAmount);
+
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             exception = t;
         } finally {