diff --git a/gunicorn/http/parser.py b/gunicorn/http/parser.py
index 082f06c8..299d9460 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/parser.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/parser.py
@@ -148,17 +148,20 @@ class Parser(object):
                 chunk_size = int(chunk.pop(0), 16)
                 self.start_offset = i+2
                 self.chunk_size = chunk_size
-                if self.chunk_size == 0:
-                    self._chunk_eof = True
-                    return '', data[:self.start_offset]
-        else:
-            buf = data[self.start_offset:self.start_offset+self.chunk_size]
-            end_offset = self.start_offset + self.chunk_size + 2
-            # we wait CRLF else return None
-            if len(data) >= end_offset:
-                ret = buf, data[end_offset:]
-                self.chunk_size = 0
+                
+        if self.start_offset:
+            if self.chunk_size == 0:
+                self._chunk_eof = True
+                ret = '', data[:self.start_offset]
                 return ret
+            else:
+                buf = data[self.start_offset:self.start_offset+self.chunk_size]
+                end_offset = self.start_offset + self.chunk_size + 2
+                # we wait CRLF else return None
+                if len(data) >= end_offset:
+                    ret = buf, data[end_offset:]
+                    self.chunk_size = 0
+                    return ret
         return '', data
         
     def trailing_header(self, data):
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index ee5bc803..f500bb9f 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -92,16 +92,7 @@ def close(sock):
         pass
   
 def read_partial(sock, length):
-    while True:
-        try:
-            ret = select.select([sock.fileno()], [], [], 0)
-            if ret[0]: break
-        except select.error, e:
-            if e[0] == errno.EINTR:
-                continue
-            raise
-    data = sock.recv(length)
-    return data
+    return sock.recv(length)
 
 def write(sock, data):
     sock.sendall(data)