diff --git a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_buffered_transport.c b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_buffered_transport.c
index a3d7c21..1193b13 100644
--- a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_buffered_transport.c
+++ b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_buffered_transport.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   ThriftBufferedTransport *t = THRIFT_BUFFERED_TRANSPORT (transport);
   guint32 want = len;
   guint32 got = 0;
-  guchar tmpdata[t->r_buf_size];
+  guchar tmpdata[len];
   guint32 have = t->r_buf->len;
 
   // we shouldn't hit this unless the buffer doesn't have enough to read
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   } else {
     got += THRIFT_TRANSPORT_GET_CLASS (t->transport)->read (t->transport,
                                                             tmpdata,
-                                                            t->r_buf_size,
+                                                            want,
                                                             error);
     t->r_buf = g_byte_array_append (t->r_buf, tmpdata, got);
     
diff --git a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_socket.c b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_socket.c
index 0716baa..6584a93 100644
--- a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_socket.c
+++ b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/transport/thrift_socket.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
   while (got < len)
   {
-    ret = recv (socket->sd, buf, len, 0);
+    ret = recv (socket->sd, buf+got, len-got, 0);
     if (ret < 0)
     {
       g_set_error (error, THRIFT_TRANSPORT_ERROR,