diff --git a/lib/wire/messagestream.js b/lib/wire/messagestream.js
index ccd672a7..66e6cf37 100644
--- a/lib/wire/messagestream.js
+++ b/lib/wire/messagestream.js
@@ -58,19 +58,14 @@ util.inherits(DelimitingStream, stream.Transform)
 DelimitingStream.prototype._transform = function(chunk, encoding, done) {
   var length = chunk.length
   var lengthBytes = []
-  var more = true
 
-  while (more) {
-    if (length > 0x7f) {
-      lengthBytes.push((1 << 7) + (length & 0x7f))
-      length >>= 7
-    }
-    else {
-      lengthBytes.push(length)
-      more = false
-    }
+  while (length > 0x7f) {
+    lengthBytes.push((1 << 7) + (length & 0x7f))
+    length >>= 7
   }
 
+  lengthBytes.push(length)
+
   this.push(new Buffer(lengthBytes))
   this.push(chunk)