diff --git a/Sources/Socket/Packet.swift b/Sources/Socket/Packet.swift
index a144b11..836e9e7 100644
--- a/Sources/Socket/Packet.swift
+++ b/Sources/Socket/Packet.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extension Socket {
 		
 		// Loop through all of grouped message bytes
 		while (total < Int(length)) {
-			received += try recv(length: size_t(length), result: result.withUnsafeMutableBytes { $0.baseAddress! } + total, flags: flags)
+			received += try recv(length: size_t(length)-total, result: result.withUnsafeMutableBytes { $0.baseAddress! } + total, flags: flags)
 			total += received
 			
 			// Check for recv errors
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extension Socket {
 		
 		// Loop through all of grouped message bytes
 		while (total < Int(length)) {
-			read += try self.read(length: size_t(length), result: result.withUnsafeMutableBytes { $0.baseAddress! } + total)
+			read += try self.read(length: size_t(length)-total, result: result.withUnsafeMutableBytes { $0.baseAddress! } + total)
 			total += read
 			
 			// Check for recv errors