diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
index 8b215d782..182120982 100644
--- a/window.c
+++ b/window.c
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ window_pane_read_callback(__unused struct bufferevent *bufev, void *data)
 
 	input_parse(wp);
 
-	wp->pipe_off = size;
+	wp->pipe_off = EVBUFFER_LENGTH(evb);
 }
 
 static void