diff --git a/h3-quinn/src/lib.rs b/h3-quinn/src/lib.rs
index 4e0f9264..569a37e4 100644
--- a/h3-quinn/src/lib.rs
+++ b/h3-quinn/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 use std::{
     convert::TryInto,
     future::Future,
-    pin::Pin,
+    pin::{pin, Pin},
+    slice,
     sync::Arc,
     task::{self, ready, Poll},
 };
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ fn convert_write_error_to_stream_error(error: quinn::WriteError) -> StreamErrorI
 /// Implements a [`quic::SendStream`] backed by a [`quinn::SendStream`].
 pub struct SendStream<B: Buf> {
     stream: quinn::SendStream,
-    writing: Option<WriteBuf<B>>,
+    writing: Option<(WriteBuf<B>, Bytes)>,
 }
 
 impl<B> SendStream<B>
@@ -517,12 +518,13 @@ where
 {
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "tracing", instrument(skip_all, level = "trace"))]
     fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut task::Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), StreamErrorIncoming>> {
-        if let Some(ref mut data) = self.writing {
-            while data.has_remaining() {
-                let stream = Pin::new(&mut self.stream);
-                let written = ready!(stream.poll_write(cx, data.chunk()))
+        if let Some((data, chunk)) = &mut self.writing {
+            while !chunk.is_empty() || data.has_remaining() {
+                if chunk.is_empty() {
+                    *chunk = data.copy_to_bytes(data.chunk().len());
+                }
+                ready!(pin!(self.stream.write_chunks(slice::from_mut(chunk))).poll(cx))
                     .map_err(convert_write_error_to_stream_error)?;
-                data.advance(written);
             }
         }
         // all data is written
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@ where
                 ),
             });
         }
-        self.writing = Some(data.into());
+        self.writing = Some((data.into(), Bytes::new()));
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/h3/src/stream.rs b/h3/src/stream.rs
index a3a823f6..2e5c4f9c 100644
--- a/h3/src/stream.rs
+++ b/h3/src/stream.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::{
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
-use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes};
+use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures_util::{future, ready};
 use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
 use tokio::io::ReadBuf;
@@ -253,6 +253,18 @@ where
             payload.advance(cnt);
         }
     }
+
+    fn copy_to_bytes(&mut self, len: usize) -> Bytes {
+        if self.len == self.pos {
+            if let Some(payload) = self.frame.as_mut().and_then(|f| f.payload_mut()) {
+                return payload.copy_to_bytes(len);
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(len <= self.remaining(), "`len` greater than remaining");
+        let mut ret = BytesMut::with_capacity(len);
+        ret.put(self.take(len));
+        ret.freeze()
+    }
 }
 
 pub(super) enum AcceptedRecvStream<S, B>
@@ -791,4 +803,15 @@ mod tests {
         wbuf.advance(4);
         assert_eq!(wbuf.chunk(), b"ey");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn write_buf_copy_to_bytes_shares_payload_after_header() {
+        let payload = Bytes::from("hey");
+        let mut wbuf = WriteBuf::<Bytes>::from(Frame::Data(payload.clone()));
+
+        assert_eq!(wbuf.copy_to_bytes(3), &b"\x00\x03h"[..]);
+        let rest = wbuf.copy_to_bytes(2);
+        assert_eq!(rest, "ey");
+        assert_eq!(rest.as_ptr(), payload[1..].as_ptr());
+    }
 }