diff --git a/gunicorn/http/tee.py b/gunicorn/http/tee.py
index 57291775..7940968a 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/tee.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/tee.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class TeeInput(object):
     def _tee(self, length):
         """ fetch partial body"""
         while True:
+            print len(self._buf)
             chunk, self.buf = self.parser.filter_body(self.buf)
             if chunk:
                 self.tmp.write(chunk)
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index f4f81066..3f3da4fa 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -90,14 +90,7 @@ def close(sock):
         pass
   
 def read_partial(sock, length, buf=None):
-    if buf is not None:
-        if len(buf) >= length:
-            return buf
-        else:
-            length = length - len(buf)
-
-    tmp_buf = sock.recv(length)
-    
+    tmp_buf = skt.recv(length)
     if not buf:
         return tmp_buf