diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 89bc2b5fe8..5ea7847556 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package fasthttp
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -345,6 +346,15 @@ func (req *Request) bodyBytes() []byte {
 	if req.bodyRaw != nil {
 		return req.bodyRaw
 	}
+	if req.bodyStream != nil {
+		bodyBuf := req.bodyBuffer()
+		bodyBuf.Reset()
+		_, err := copyZeroAlloc(bodyBuf, req.bodyStream)
+		req.closeBodyStream() //nolint:errcheck
+		if err != nil {
+			bodyBuf.SetString(err.Error())
+		}
+	}
 	if req.body == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -630,14 +640,6 @@ func (req *Request) SwapBody(body []byte) []byte {
 func (req *Request) Body() []byte {
 	if req.bodyRaw != nil {
 		return req.bodyRaw
-	} else if req.bodyStream != nil {
-		bodyBuf := req.bodyBuffer()
-		bodyBuf.Reset()
-		_, err := copyZeroAlloc(bodyBuf, req.bodyStream)
-		req.closeBodyStream() //nolint:errcheck
-		if err != nil {
-			bodyBuf.SetString(err.Error())
-		}
 	} else if req.onlyMultipartForm() {
 		body, err := marshalMultipartForm(req.multipartForm, req.multipartFormBoundary)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -814,24 +816,43 @@ func (req *Request) MultipartForm() (*multipart.Form, error) {
 		return nil, ErrNoMultipartForm
 	}
 
+	var err error
 	ce := req.Header.peek(strContentEncoding)
-	body := req.bodyBytes()
-	if bytes.Equal(ce, strGzip) {
-		// Do not care about memory usage here.
-		var err error
-		if body, err = AppendGunzipBytes(nil, body); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot gunzip request body: %s", err)
+
+	if req.bodyStream != nil {
+		bodyStream := req.bodyStream
+		if bytes.Equal(ce, strGzip) {
+			// Do not care about memory usage here.
+			if bodyStream, err = gzip.NewReader(bodyStream); err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot gunzip request body: %s", err)
+			}
+		} else if len(ce) > 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported Content-Encoding: %q", ce)
 		}
-	} else if len(ce) > 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported Content-Encoding: %q", ce)
-	}
 
-	f, err := readMultipartForm(bytes.NewReader(body), req.multipartFormBoundary, len(body), len(body))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		mr := multipart.NewReader(bodyStream, req.multipartFormBoundary)
+		req.multipartForm, err = mr.ReadForm(8 * 1024)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read multipart/form-data body: %s", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		body := req.bodyBytes()
+		if bytes.Equal(ce, strGzip) {
+			// Do not care about memory usage here.
+			if body, err = AppendGunzipBytes(nil, body); err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot gunzip request body: %s", err)
+			}
+		} else if len(ce) > 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported Content-Encoding: %q", ce)
+		}
+
+		req.multipartForm, err = readMultipartForm(bytes.NewReader(body), req.multipartFormBoundary, len(body), len(body))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
-	req.multipartForm = f
-	return f, nil
+
+	return req.multipartForm, nil
 }
 
 func marshalMultipartForm(f *multipart.Form, boundary string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -1022,6 +1043,9 @@ func (req *Request) readLimitBody(r *bufio.Reader, maxBodySize int, getOnly bool
 }
 
 func (req *Request) readBodyStream(r *bufio.Reader, maxBodySize int, getOnly bool, preParseMultipartForm bool) error {
+	// Do not reset the request here - the caller must reset it before
+	// calling this method.
+
 	if getOnly && !req.Header.IsGet() {
 		return ErrGetOnly
 	}
@@ -1033,39 +1057,7 @@ func (req *Request) readBodyStream(r *bufio.Reader, maxBodySize int, getOnly boo
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	contentLength := req.Header.realContentLength()
-	if contentLength > 0 {
-		if preParseMultipartForm {
-			// Pre-read multipart form data of known length.
-			// This way we limit memory usage for large file uploads, since their contents
-			// is streamed into temporary files if file size exceeds defaultMaxInMemoryFileSize.
-			req.multipartFormBoundary = b2s(req.Header.MultipartFormBoundary())
-			if len(req.multipartFormBoundary) > 0 && len(req.Header.peek(strContentEncoding)) == 0 {
-				req.multipartForm, err = readMultipartForm(r, req.multipartFormBoundary, contentLength, defaultMaxInMemoryFileSize)
-				if err != nil {
-					req.Reset()
-				}
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if contentLength == -2 {
-		// identity body has no sense for http requests, since
-		// the end of body is determined by connection close.
-		// So just ignore request body for requests without
-		// 'Content-Length' and 'Transfer-Encoding' headers.
-		req.Header.SetContentLength(0)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	bodyBuf := req.bodyBuffer()
-	bodyBuf.Reset()
-
-	req.bodyStream = acquireRequestStream(bodyBuf, r, contentLength)
-
-	return nil
+	return req.ContinueReadBodyStream(r, maxBodySize, preParseMultipartForm)
 }
 
 // MayContinue returns true if the request contains
@@ -1170,21 +1162,15 @@ func (req *Request) ContinueReadBodyStream(r *bufio.Reader, maxBodySize int, pre
 	bodyBuf := req.bodyBuffer()
 	bodyBuf.Reset()
 	bodyBuf.B, err = readBodyWithStreaming(r, contentLength, maxBodySize, bodyBuf.B)
-	bodyBufLen := maxBodySize
-	if contentLength < maxBodySize {
-		bodyBufLen = cap(bodyBuf.B)
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == ErrBodyTooLarge {
 			req.Header.SetContentLength(contentLength)
 			req.body = bodyBuf
-			req.bodyRaw = bodyBuf.B[:bodyBufLen]
 			req.bodyStream = acquireRequestStream(bodyBuf, r, contentLength)
 			return nil
 		}
 		if err == errChunkedStream {
 			req.body = bodyBuf
-			req.bodyRaw = bodyBuf.B[:bodyBufLen]
 			req.bodyStream = acquireRequestStream(bodyBuf, r, -1)
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -1193,7 +1179,6 @@ func (req *Request) ContinueReadBodyStream(r *bufio.Reader, maxBodySize int, pre
 	}
 
 	req.body = bodyBuf
-	req.bodyRaw = bodyBuf.B[:bodyBufLen]
 	req.bodyStream = acquireRequestStream(bodyBuf, r, contentLength)
 	req.Header.SetContentLength(len(bodyBuf.B))
 	return nil
@@ -1936,24 +1921,27 @@ func readBody(r *bufio.Reader, contentLength int, maxBodySize int, dst []byte) (
 var errChunkedStream = errors.New("chunked stream")
 
 func readBodyWithStreaming(r *bufio.Reader, contentLength int, maxBodySize int, dst []byte) (b []byte, err error) {
+	if contentLength == -1 {
+		// handled in requestStream.Read()
+		return b, errChunkedStream
+	}
+
 	dst = dst[:0]
-	switch {
-	case contentLength >= 0 && maxBodySize >= contentLength:
-		readN := maxBodySize
-		if contentLength > 8*1024 {
-			readN = 8 * 1024
-		}
+
+	readN := maxBodySize
+	if readN > contentLength {
+		readN = contentLength
+	}
+	if readN > 8*1024 {
+		readN = 8 * 1024
+	}
+
+	if contentLength >= 0 && maxBodySize >= contentLength {
 		b, err = appendBodyFixedSize(r, dst, readN)
-	case contentLength == -1:
-		// handled in requestStream.Read()
-		err = errChunkedStream
-	default:
-		readN := maxBodySize
-		if contentLength > 8*1024 {
-			readN = 8 * 1024
-		}
+	} else {
 		b, err = readBodyIdentity(r, readN, dst)
 	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return b, err
 	}
diff --git a/server_test.go b/server_test.go
index c7baa3e080..a0583f6408 100644
--- a/server_test.go
+++ b/server_test.go
@@ -1073,7 +1073,16 @@ func TestServerServeTLSEmbed(t *testing.T) {
 func TestServerMultipartFormDataRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	reqS := `POST /upload HTTP/1.1
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		StreamRequestBody            bool
+		DisablePreParseMultipartForm bool
+	}{
+		{false, false},
+		{false, true},
+		{true, false},
+		{true, true},
+	} {
+		reqS := `POST /upload HTTP/1.1
 Host: qwerty.com
 Content-Length: 521
 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryJwfATyF8tmxSJnLg
@@ -1100,91 +1109,94 @@ Connection: close
 
 `
 
-	ln := fasthttputil.NewInmemoryListener()
-
-	s := &Server{
-		Handler: func(ctx *RequestCtx) {
-			switch string(ctx.Path()) {
-			case "/upload":
-				f, err := ctx.MultipartForm()
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("unexpected error: %s", err)
-				}
-				if len(f.Value) != 1 {
-					t.Errorf("unexpected values %d. Expecting %d", len(f.Value), 1)
-				}
-				if len(f.File) != 1 {
-					t.Errorf("unexpected file values %d. Expecting %d", len(f.File), 1)
-				}
-				fv := ctx.FormValue("f1")
-				if string(fv) != "value1" {
-					t.Errorf("unexpected form value: %q. Expecting %q", fv, "value1")
+		ln := fasthttputil.NewInmemoryListener()
+
+		s := &Server{
+			StreamRequestBody:            test.StreamRequestBody,
+			DisablePreParseMultipartForm: test.DisablePreParseMultipartForm,
+			Handler: func(ctx *RequestCtx) {
+				switch string(ctx.Path()) {
+				case "/upload":
+					f, err := ctx.MultipartForm()
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Errorf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+					}
+					if len(f.Value) != 1 {
+						t.Errorf("unexpected values %d. Expecting %d", len(f.Value), 1)
+					}
+					if len(f.File) != 1 {
+						t.Errorf("unexpected file values %d. Expecting %d", len(f.File), 1)
+					}
+					fv := ctx.FormValue("f1")
+					if string(fv) != "value1" {
+						t.Errorf("unexpected form value: %q. Expecting %q", fv, "value1")
+					}
+					ctx.Redirect("/", StatusSeeOther)
+				default:
+					ctx.WriteString("non-upload") //nolint:errcheck
 				}
-				ctx.Redirect("/", StatusSeeOther)
-			default:
-				ctx.WriteString("non-upload") //nolint:errcheck
-			}
-		},
-	}
-
-	ch := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		if err := s.Serve(ln); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+			},
 		}
-		close(ch)
-	}()
 
-	conn, err := ln.Dial()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
-	}
-	if _, err = conn.Write([]byte(reqS)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
-	}
+		ch := make(chan struct{})
+		go func() {
+			if err := s.Serve(ln); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+			}
+			close(ch)
+		}()
 
-	var resp Response
-	br := bufio.NewReader(conn)
-	respCh := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		if err := resp.Read(br); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("error when reading response: %s", err)
-		}
-		if resp.StatusCode() != StatusSeeOther {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected status code %d. Expecting %d", resp.StatusCode(), StatusSeeOther)
+		conn, err := ln.Dial()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		loc := resp.Header.Peek(HeaderLocation)
-		if string(loc) != "http://qwerty.com/" {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected location %q. Expecting %q", loc, "http://qwerty.com/")
+		if _, err = conn.Write([]byte(reqS)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := resp.Read(br); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("error when reading the second response: %s", err)
-		}
-		if resp.StatusCode() != StatusOK {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d. Expecting %d", resp.StatusCode(), StatusOK)
-		}
-		body := resp.Body()
-		if string(body) != "non-upload" {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected body %q. Expecting %q", body, "non-upload")
-		}
-		close(respCh)
-	}()
+		var resp Response
+		br := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+		respCh := make(chan struct{})
+		go func() {
+			if err := resp.Read(br); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error when reading response: %s", err)
+			}
+			if resp.StatusCode() != StatusSeeOther {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected status code %d. Expecting %d", resp.StatusCode(), StatusSeeOther)
+			}
+			loc := resp.Header.Peek(HeaderLocation)
+			if string(loc) != "http://qwerty.com/" {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected location %q. Expecting %q", loc, "http://qwerty.com/")
+			}
 
-	select {
-	case <-respCh:
-	case <-time.After(time.Second):
-		t.Fatal("timeout")
-	}
+			if err := resp.Read(br); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error when reading the second response: %s", err)
+			}
+			if resp.StatusCode() != StatusOK {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d. Expecting %d", resp.StatusCode(), StatusOK)
+			}
+			body := resp.Body()
+			if string(body) != "non-upload" {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected body %q. Expecting %q", body, "non-upload")
+			}
+			close(respCh)
+		}()
 
-	if err := ln.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error when closing listener: %s", err)
-	}
+		select {
+		case <-respCh:
+		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+			t.Fatal("timeout")
+		}
 
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-	case <-time.After(time.Second):
-		t.Fatal("timeout when waiting for the server to stop")
+		if err := ln.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error when closing listener: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-ch:
+		case <-time.After(time.Second):
+			t.Fatal("timeout when waiting for the server to stop")
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3413,8 +3425,8 @@ func TestMaxBodySizePerRequest(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStreamRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	part1 := strings.Repeat("1", 1<<10)
-	part2 := strings.Repeat("2", 1<<20-1<<10)
+	part1 := strings.Repeat("1", 1<<15)
+	part2 := strings.Repeat("2", 1<<16)
 	contentLength := len(part1) + len(part2)
 	next := make(chan struct{})
 
@@ -3424,15 +3436,17 @@ func TestStreamRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 			close(next)
 			checkReader(t, ctx.RequestBodyStream(), part2)
 		},
-		DisableKeepalive:  true,
 		StreamRequestBody: true,
 	}
 
 	pipe := fasthttputil.NewPipeConns()
 	cc, sc := pipe.Conn1(), pipe.Conn2()
 	//write headers and part1 body
-	if _, err := cc.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("POST /foo2 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: aaa.com\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\nContent-Type: aa\r\n\r\n%s", contentLength, part1))); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
+	if _, err := cc.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("POST /foo2 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: aaa.com\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\nContent-Type: aa\r\n\r\n", contentLength))); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := cc.Write([]byte(part1)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	ch := make(chan error)
@@ -3447,12 +3461,15 @@ func TestStreamRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if _, err := cc.Write([]byte(part2)); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := sc.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	select {
 	case err := <-ch:
-		if err != nil {
+		if err == nil || err.Error() != "connection closed" { // fasthttputil.errConnectionClosed is private so do a string match.
 			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error from serveConn: %s", err)
 		}
 	case <-time.After(500 * time.Millisecond):
diff --git a/streaming.go b/streaming.go
index a6ad0a9afc..39000a26d5 100644
--- a/streaming.go
+++ b/streaming.go
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ func (rs *requestStream) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	var n int
 	var err error
-	if int(rs.prefetchedBytes.Size()) > rs.totalBytesRead {
+	prefetchedSize := int(rs.prefetchedBytes.Size())
+	if prefetchedSize > rs.totalBytesRead {
+		left := prefetchedSize - rs.totalBytesRead
+		if len(p) > left {
+			p = p[:left]
+		}
 		n, err := rs.prefetchedBytes.Read(p)
 		rs.totalBytesRead += n
 		if n == rs.contentLength {
@@ -53,6 +58,10 @@ func (rs *requestStream) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 		}
 		return n, err
 	} else {
+		left := rs.contentLength - rs.totalBytesRead
+		if len(p) > left {
+			p = p[:left]
+		}
 		n, err = rs.reader.Read(p)
 		rs.totalBytesRead += n
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/streaming_test.go b/streaming_test.go
index e99033c031..a943cb85b6 100644
--- a/streaming_test.go
+++ b/streaming_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,100 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp/fasthttputil"
 )
 
+func TestStreamingPipeline(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	reqS := `POST /one HTTP/1.1
+Host: example.com
+Content-Length: 10
+
+aaaaaaaaaa
+POST /two HTTP/1.1
+Host: example.com
+Content-Length: 10
+
+aaaaaaaaaa`
+
+	ln := fasthttputil.NewInmemoryListener()
+
+	s := &Server{
+		StreamRequestBody: true,
+		Handler: func(ctx *RequestCtx) {
+			body := ""
+			expected := "aaaaaaaaaa"
+			if string(ctx.Path()) == "/one" {
+				body = string(ctx.PostBody())
+			} else {
+				all, err := ioutil.ReadAll(ctx.RequestBodyStream())
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+				body = string(all)
+			}
+			if body != expected {
+				t.Errorf("expected %q got %q", expected, body)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	ch := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		if err := s.Serve(ln); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		close(ch)
+	}()
+
+	conn, err := ln.Dial()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+	if _, err = conn.Write([]byte(reqS)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var resp Response
+	br := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	respCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		if err := resp.Read(br); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("error when reading response: %s", err)
+		}
+		if resp.StatusCode() != StatusOK {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected status code %d. Expecting %d", resp.StatusCode(), StatusOK)
+		}
+
+		if err := resp.Read(br); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("error when reading response: %s", err)
+		}
+		if resp.StatusCode() != StatusOK {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected status code %d. Expecting %d", resp.StatusCode(), StatusOK)
+		}
+		close(respCh)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-respCh:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
+	}
+
+	if err := ln.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error when closing listener: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case <-ch:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("timeout when waiting for the server to stop")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRequestStream(t *testing.T) {
 	body := createFixedBody(3)
 	chunkedBody := createChunkedBody(body)