diff --git a/lib/bcoin/workers.js b/lib/bcoin/workers.js
index 52be54c5..9b9fb940 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/workers.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/workers.js
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ Parser.prototype.feed = function feed(data) {
     if (this.pendingTotal < this.waiting)
       break;
 
-    chunk = Buffer.concat(this.pending);
+    chunk = concat(this.pending);
 
     if (chunk.length > this.waiting) {
       data = chunk.slice(this.waiting);
@@ -1107,6 +1107,12 @@ function fromError(err) {
   return [err.message, err.stack + '', err.type];
 }
 
+function concat(buffers) {
+  return buffers.length > 1
+    ? Buffer.concat(buffers)
+    : buffers[0];
+}
+
 /*
  * Expose
  */