diff --git a/src/bytes_mut.rs b/src/bytes_mut.rs
index 0248df856..f707331bd 100644
--- a/src/bytes_mut.rs
+++ b/src/bytes_mut.rs
@@ -1064,6 +1064,17 @@ impl Buf for BytesMut {
             cnt,
             self.remaining(),
         );
+
+        // Advancing by the length is the same as resetting the length to 0,
+        // except this way we get to reuse the full capacity.
+        if cnt == self.len {
+            // SAFETY: Zero is not greater than the capacity.
+            unsafe {
+                self.set_len(0);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             // SAFETY: We've checked that `cnt` <= `self.remaining()` and we know that
             // `self.remaining()` <= `self.cap`.