diff --git a/bl.js b/bl.js
index b979ba8..f0232e4 100644
--- a/bl.js
+++ b/bl.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ BufferList.prototype.toString = function (encoding, start, end) {
 
 BufferList.prototype.consume = function (bytes) {
   while (this._bufs.length) {
-    if (bytes > this._bufs[0].length) {
+    if (bytes >= this._bufs[0].length) {
       bytes -= this._bufs[0].length
       this.length -= this._bufs[0].length
       this._bufs.shift()
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 8c8d0cf..2f0c6d3 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ tape('consuming from multiple buffers', function (t) {
   t.end()
 })
 
+tape('complete consumption', function (t) {
+  var bl = new BufferList()
+
+  bl.append(new Buffer('a'))
+  bl.append(new Buffer('b'))
+
+  bl.consume(2)
+
+  t.equal(bl.length, 0)
+  t.equal(bl._bufs.length, 0)
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
 tape('test readUInt8 / readInt8', function (t) {
   var buf1 = new Buffer(1)
     , buf2 = new Buffer(3)