diff --git a/lib/inventory.js b/lib/inventory.js
index 111000a..ba6b19e 100644
--- a/lib/inventory.js
+++ b/lib/inventory.js
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ Inventory.fromBuffer = function(payload) {
   return new Inventory(obj);
 };
 
-Inventory.fromBufferWriter = function(bw) {
+Inventory.fromBufferReader = function(br) {
   var obj = {};
-  obj.type = bw.readUInt32LE();
-  obj.hash = bw.read(32);
+  obj.type = br.readUInt32LE();
+  obj.hash = br.read(32);
   return new Inventory(obj);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/inventory.js b/test/inventory.js
index ef9add8..e269f13 100644
--- a/test/inventory.js
+++ b/test/inventory.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var P2P = require('../');
 var Inventory = P2P.Inventory;
 var BufferUtils = bitcore.util.buffer;
 var BufferWriter = bitcore.encoding.BufferWriter;
+var BufferReader = bitcore.encoding.BufferReader;
 
 describe('Inventory', function() {
 
@@ -93,4 +94,14 @@ describe('Inventory', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#fromBufferWriter', function() {
+    it('deserialize from a buffer reader', function() {
+      var bw = new BufferReader(inventoryBuffer);
+      var inventory = Inventory.fromBufferReader(bw);
+      should.exist(inventory);
+      inventory.type.should.equal(Inventory.TYPE.TX);
+      inventory.hash.should.deep.equal(hash);
+    });
+  });
+
 });