diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java
index d557f286c8c..2d09bd86164 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import io.undertow.server.handlers.Cookie;
 import io.undertow.server.handlers.CookieImpl;
 import org.reactivestreams.Processor;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
-import org.xnio.channels.Channels;
 import org.xnio.channels.StreamSinkChannel;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+import reactor.core.publisher.MonoSink;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBufferFactory;
@@ -124,19 +124,25 @@ class UndertowServerHttpResponse extends AbstractListenerServerHttpResponse impl
 	@Override
 	public Mono<Void> writeWith(Path file, long position, long count) {
 		return doCommit(() ->
-				Mono.defer(() -> {
-					try (FileChannel source = FileChannel.open(file, StandardOpenOption.READ)) {
+				Mono.create(sink -> {
+					try {
+						FileChannel source = FileChannel.open(file, StandardOpenOption.READ);
+
+						TransferBodyListener listener = new TransferBodyListener(source, position,
+								count, sink);
+						sink.onDispose(listener::closeSource);
+
 						StreamSinkChannel destination = this.exchange.getResponseChannel();
-						Channels.transferBlocking(destination, source, position, count);
-						return Mono.empty();
+						destination.getWriteSetter().set(listener::transfer);
+
+						listener.transfer(destination);
 					}
 					catch (IOException ex) {
-						return Mono.error(ex);
+						sink.error(ex);
 					}
 				}));
 	}
 
-
 	@Override
 	protected Processor<? super Publisher<? extends DataBuffer>, Void> createBodyFlushProcessor() {
 		return new ResponseBodyFlushProcessor();
@@ -296,4 +302,55 @@ class UndertowServerHttpResponse extends AbstractListenerServerHttpResponse impl
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	private static class TransferBodyListener {
+
+		private final FileChannel source;
+
+		private final MonoSink<Void> sink;
+
+		private long position;
+
+		private long count;
+
+
+		public TransferBodyListener(FileChannel source, long position, long count, MonoSink<Void> sink) {
+			this.source = source;
+			this.sink = sink;
+			this.position = position;
+			this.count = count;
+		}
+
+		public void transfer(StreamSinkChannel destination) {
+			try {
+				while (this.count > 0) {
+					long len = destination.transferFrom(this.source, this.position, this.count);
+					if (len != 0) {
+						this.position += len;
+						this.count -= len;
+					}
+					else {
+						destination.resumeWrites();
+						return;
+					}
+				}
+				this.sink.success();
+			}
+			catch (IOException ex) {
+				this.sink.error(ex);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		public void closeSource() {
+			try {
+				this.source.close();
+			}
+			catch (IOException ignore) {
+			}
+		}
+
+
+	}
+
 }