diff --git a/examples/shrpx_downstream_connection.cc b/examples/shrpx_downstream_connection.cc
index 613cd7bb..84a486c9 100644
--- a/examples/shrpx_downstream_connection.cc
+++ b/examples/shrpx_downstream_connection.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int DownstreamConnection::attach_downstream(Downstream *downstream)
   downstream->set_downstream_connection(this);
   downstream_ = downstream;
   bufferevent_setwatermark(bev_, EV_READ, 0, SHRPX_READ_WARTER_MARK);
-  bufferevent_enable(bev_, EV_READ | EV_WRITE);
+  bufferevent_disable(bev_, EV_READ);
   bufferevent_setcb(bev_,
                     upstream->get_downstream_readcb(),
                     upstream->get_downstream_writecb(),
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void DownstreamConnection::detach_downstream(Downstream *downstream)
   }
   downstream->set_downstream_connection(0);
   downstream_ = 0;
-  bufferevent_enable(bev_, EV_READ | EV_WRITE);
+  bufferevent_disable(bev_, EV_READ);
   bufferevent_setcb(bev_, 0, 0, idle_eventcb, this);
   client_handler_->pool_downstream_connection(this);
 }
diff --git a/examples/shrpx_https_upstream.cc b/examples/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
index 5588931c..a0898ab7 100644
--- a/examples/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
+++ b/examples/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::on_read()
         delete downstream;
       } else {
         pause_read(SHRPX_MSG_BLOCK);
+        downstream->force_resume_read();
       }
     }
   } else if(htperr == htparse_error_none) {
diff --git a/examples/shrpx_spdy_upstream.cc b/examples/shrpx_spdy_upstream.cc
index 16b2c509..613c652b 100644
--- a/examples/shrpx_spdy_upstream.cc
+++ b/examples/shrpx_spdy_upstream.cc
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ void on_ctrl_recv_callback
                   << downstream;
       }
       downstream->set_request_state(Downstream::MSG_COMPLETE);
+      downstream->force_resume_read();
     }
     break;
   }
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ void on_data_chunk_recv_callback(spdylay_session *session,
                   << downstream;
       }
       downstream->set_request_state(Downstream::MSG_COMPLETE);
+      downstream->force_resume_read();
     }
   }
 }