diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPEvent.h b/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPEvent.h
index b4942fa217..ac2e31e112 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPEvent.h
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPEvent.h
@@ -65,11 +65,8 @@ class HTTPEvent {
   HTTPEvent(HTTPCodec::StreamID streamID,
             Type event,
             std::unique_ptr<folly::IOBuf> body)
-      : body_(std::move(body)),
-        streamID_(streamID),
-        length_(0),
-        event_(event),
-        upgrade_(false) {
+      : streamID_(streamID), length_(0), event_(event), upgrade_(false) {
+    body_.append(std::move(body));
   }
 
   HTTPEvent(HTTPCodec::StreamID streamID,
@@ -112,7 +109,15 @@ class HTTPEvent {
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<folly::IOBuf> getBody() {
-    return std::move(body_);
+    return body_.move();
+  }
+
+  size_t getBodyLength() {
+    return body_.chainLength();
+  }
+
+  void appendChunk(std::unique_ptr<folly::IOBuf>&& chain) {
+    body_.append(std::move(chain));
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<HTTPException> getError() {
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ class HTTPEvent {
 
  private:
   std::unique_ptr<HTTPMessage> headers_;
-  std::unique_ptr<folly::IOBuf> body_;
+  folly::IOBufQueue body_{folly::IOBufQueue::cacheChainLength()};
   std::unique_ptr<HTTPHeaders> trailers_;
   std::unique_ptr<HTTPException> error_;
   HTTPCodec::StreamID streamID_;
diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPTransaction.cpp b/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPTransaction.cpp
index 7bbc5d690b..a6b731bf10 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPTransaction.cpp
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/HTTPTransaction.cpp
@@ -339,9 +339,22 @@ void HTTPTransaction::onIngressBody(unique_ptr<IOBuf> chain, uint16_t padding) {
   }
   if (mustQueueIngress()) {
     checkCreateDeferredIngress();
-    deferredIngress_->emplace(id_, HTTPEvent::Type::BODY, std::move(chain));
-    VLOG(4) << "Queued ingress event of type " << HTTPEvent::Type::BODY
-            << " size=" << len << " " << *this;
+
+    HTTPEvent* tailEvent =
+        deferredIngress_->empty() ? nullptr : &deferredIngress_->back();
+    bool shouldCoalesce =
+        tailEvent && tailEvent->getEvent() == HTTPEvent::Type::BODY &&
+        (tailEvent->getBodyLength() + len <= kMaxBufferPerTxn);
+
+    if (shouldCoalesce) {
+      VLOG(4) << "Coalesced ingress event of type " << HTTPEvent::Type::BODY
+              << " size=" << len << " " << *this;
+      tailEvent->appendChunk(std::move(chain));
+    } else {
+      VLOG(4) << "Queued ingress event of type " << HTTPEvent::Type::BODY
+              << " size=" << len << " " << *this;
+      deferredIngress_->emplace(id_, HTTPEvent::Type::BODY, std::move(chain));
+    }
   } else {
     INVARIANT(recvWindow_.free(len));
     processIngressBody(std::move(chain), len);
@@ -1752,10 +1765,9 @@ void HTTPTransaction::resumeIngress() {
         processIngressHeadersComplete(callback.getHeaders());
         break;
       case HTTPEvent::Type::BODY: {
-        unique_ptr<IOBuf> data = callback.getBody();
-        auto len = data->computeChainDataLength();
+        auto len = callback.getBodyLength();
         INVARIANT(recvWindow_.free(len));
-        processIngressBody(std::move(data), len);
+        processIngressBody(callback.getBody(), len);
       } break;
       case HTTPEvent::Type::CHUNK_HEADER:
         processIngressChunkHeader(callback.getChunkLength());
diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPDownstreamSessionTest.cpp b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPDownstreamSessionTest.cpp
index 657eeaa62b..e75ba972b5 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPDownstreamSessionTest.cpp
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPDownstreamSessionTest.cpp
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@ TEST_F(HTTP2DownstreamSessionTest, PaddingFlowControl) {
     handler->txn_->pauseIngress();
     eventBase_.runAfterDelay([&] { handler->txn_->resumeIngress(); }, 100);
   });
-  EXPECT_CALL(*handler, _onBodyWithOffset(_, _)).Times(129);
+  EXPECT_CALL(*handler, _onBodyWithOffset(_, _)).Times(1);
   handler->expectError();
   handler->expectDetachTransaction();
 
diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPSessionMocks.h b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPSessionMocks.h
index 9d138ad6df..1f92025461 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPSessionMocks.h
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/HTTPSessionMocks.h
@@ -559,8 +559,7 @@ class MockUpstreamController : public HTTPUpstreamSessionController {
 };
 
 ACTION_P(ExpectString, expected) {
-  std::string bodystr((const char*)arg1->data(), arg1->length());
-  EXPECT_EQ(bodystr, expected);
+  EXPECT_EQ(arg1->toString(), expected);
 }
 
 ACTION_P(ExpectBodyLen, expectedLen) {
diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockCodecDownstreamTest.cpp b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockCodecDownstreamTest.cpp
index 2686754914..caa6b361e2 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockCodecDownstreamTest.cpp
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockCodecDownstreamTest.cpp
@@ -770,8 +770,7 @@ TEST_F(MockCodecDownstreamTest, Buffering) {
   codecCallback_->onMessageComplete(HTTPCodec::StreamID(1), false);
 
   EXPECT_CALL(handler, _onBodyWithOffset(_, _))
-      .WillOnce(ExpectString(chunkStr))
-      .WillOnce(ExpectString(chunkStr));
+      .WillOnce(ExpectString(chunkStr + chunkStr));
 
   EXPECT_CALL(handler, _onEOM());