diff --git a/uasyncio/benchmark/test_http_server_light.py b/uasyncio/benchmark/test_http_server_light.py
index 39eae754..2fbb92a1 100644
--- a/uasyncio/benchmark/test_http_server_light.py
+++ b/uasyncio/benchmark/test_http_server_light.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import uasyncio as asyncio
 def serve(reader, writer):
     #print(reader, writer)
     #print("================")
-    yield from reader.read()
+    yield from reader.read(256)
     yield from writer.awrite("HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\nHello.\r\n")
     yield from writer.aclose()
     #print("Finished processing request")