diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/listener.rs b/mixnode/src/node/listener.rs
index 24b541f2d9..eef3e8b35a 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/listener.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/listener.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async fn process_socket_connection(
 ) {
     let mut buf = [0u8; sphinx::PACKET_SIZE];
     loop {
-        match socket.read(&mut buf).await {
+        match socket.read_exact(&mut buf).await {
             // socket closed
             Ok(n) if n == 0 => {
                 trace!("Remote connection closed.");
diff --git a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/listener.rs b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/listener.rs
index 70a37c7841..8bcc13fe7e 100644
--- a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/listener.rs
+++ b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/listener.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async fn process_socket_connection(
 ) {
     let mut buf = [0u8; sphinx::PACKET_SIZE];
     loop {
-        match socket.read(&mut buf).await {
+        match socket.read_exact(&mut buf).await {
             // socket closed
             Ok(n) if n == 0 => {
                 trace!("Remote connection closed.");