diff --git a/lib/Parser.js b/lib/Parser.js
index a5213bf..fc2f0f7 100644
--- a/lib/Parser.js
+++ b/lib/Parser.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Parser.prototype._parse = function(data) {
           // literal data included in this chunk -- put it back onto stream
           this._stream.unshift(data.slice(i));
           i = datalen;
-          if (!this._body && this._literallen > 0) {
+          if (!this._body) {
             // check if unshifted contents satisfies non-body literal length
             this._tryread(this._literallen);
           }