diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/support/DataBufferUtils.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/support/DataBufferUtils.java
index 9e495aa3aaf..a8c304a1506 100644
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/support/DataBufferUtils.java
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/support/DataBufferUtils.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.SequenceInputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 		Assert.notNull(inputStream, "'inputStream' must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(allocator, "'allocator' must not be null");
 
-		return Flux.create(new InputStreamConsumer(allocator, bufferSize),
-				subscriber -> inputStream, closeConsumer());
+		ReadableByteChannel channel = Channels.newChannel(inputStream);
+		return read(channel, allocator, bufferSize);
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -212,47 +213,4 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static class InputStreamConsumer
-			implements Consumer<SubscriberWithContext<DataBuffer, InputStream>> {
-
-		private final DataBufferAllocator allocator;
-
-		private final int chunkSize;
-
-		public InputStreamConsumer(DataBufferAllocator allocator, int chunkSize) {
-			this.allocator = allocator;
-			this.chunkSize = chunkSize;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void accept(SubscriberWithContext<DataBuffer, InputStream> sub) {
-			try {
-				byte[] bytes = new byte[chunkSize];
-				int read;
-				InputStream is = sub.context();
-				if ((read = is.read(bytes)) > 0) {
-					boolean release = true;
-					DataBuffer dataBuffer = this.allocator.allocateBuffer(read);
-					try {
-						dataBuffer.write(bytes, 0, read);
-						release = false;
-						sub.onNext(dataBuffer);
-					}
-					finally {
-						if (release) {
-							// TODO: release buffer when we have PooledDataBuffer
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				else {
-					sub.onComplete();
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IOException ex) {
-				sub.onError(ex);
-			}
-
-		}
-	}
-
 }