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diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index ff4bf40..2d67bb2 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ function onread(stream, er, chunk) {
 
   if (state.needReadable)
     emitReadable(stream);
+  else if (state.sync)
+    process.nextTick(function() {
+      maybeReadMore(stream, state);
+    });
+  else
+    maybeReadMore(stream, state);
 }
 
 // Don't emit readable right away in sync mode, because this can trigger
@@ -352,7 +358,10 @@ function emitReadable(stream) {
 function emitReadable_(stream) {
   var state = stream._readableState;
   stream.emit('readable');
+  maybeReadMore(stream, state);
+}
 
+function maybeReadMore(stream, state) {
   // at this point, the user has presumably seen the 'readable' event,
   // and called read() to consume some data.  that may have triggered
   // in turn another _read(n,cb) call, in which case reading = true if
diff --git a/test/simple/test-stream2-basic.js b/test/simple/test-stream2-basic.js
index bc4ca53..4dc4766 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-stream2-basic.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-stream2-basic.js
@@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ test('back pressure respected', function (t) {
   function noop() {}
 
   var r = new R();
+  r._read = noop;
   var counter = 0;
   r.push(["one"]);
   r.push(["two"]);
   r.push(["three"]);
   r.push(["four"]);
   r.push(null);
-  r._read = noop;
 
   var w1 = new R();
   w1.write = function (chunk) {
diff --git a/test/simple/test-stream2-objects.js b/test/simple/test-stream2-objects.js
index 6c1e739..5087cb0 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-stream2-objects.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-stream2-objects.js
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ function toArray(callback) {
 
 function fromArray(list) {
   var r = new Readable();
+  r._read = noop;
   list.forEach(function(chunk) {
     r.push(chunk);
   });
   r.push(null);
-  r._read = noop;
 
   return r;
 }