diff --git a/probe/docker/container.go b/probe/docker/container.go
index fa3fac9a2c..9a948f2897 100644
--- a/probe/docker/container.go
+++ b/probe/docker/container.go
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ func (c *container) StartGatheringStats() error {
 			return
 		}
 
-		bufReader := bufio.NewReaderSize(dial, 8192)
-		conn := NewClientConnStub(dial, bufReader)
+		conn := NewClientConnStub(dial, nil)
 		resp, err := conn.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("docker container: %v", err)
@@ -204,7 +203,8 @@ func (c *container) StartGatheringStats() error {
 		}()
 
 		var stats docker.Stats
-		decoder := codec.NewDecoder(resp.Body, &codec.JsonHandle{})
+		bufReader := bufio.NewReader(resp.Body)
+		decoder := codec.NewDecoder(bufReader, &codec.JsonHandle{})
 		for err := decoder.Decode(&stats); err != io.EOF; err = decoder.Decode(&stats) {
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("docker container: error reading event, did container stop? %v", err)