diff --git a/src/async_impl/decoder.rs b/src/async_impl/decoder.rs
index 084863d..1ec034e 100644
--- a/src/async_impl/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/async_impl/decoder.rs
@@ -217,28 +217,30 @@ impl Stream for Gzip {
         //
         // To be safe, this memory could be zeroed before passing to `flate2`.
         // Otherwise we might need to deal with the case where `flate2` panics.
-        let read = {
-            let mut buf = unsafe { self.buf.bytes_mut() };
-            self.inner.read(&mut buf)
-        };
+        let read = try_io!(self.inner.read(unsafe { self.buf.bytes_mut() }));
 
-        match read {
-            Ok(read) if read == 0 => match self.inner.get_mut().read(&mut [0]) {
-                Ok(0) => Ok(Async::Ready(None)),
-                Ok(_) => Err(error::from(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "Unexpected Data"))),
-                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Ok(Async::NotReady),
-                Err(e) => Err(error::from(e))
-            },
-            Ok(read) => {
-                unsafe { self.buf.advance_mut(read) };
-                let chunk = Chunk::from_chunk(self.buf.split_to(read).freeze());
+        if read == 0 {
+            // If GzDecoder reports EOF, it doesn't necessarily mean the
+            // underlying stream reached EOF (such as the `0\r\n\r\n`
+            // header meaning a chunked transfer has completed). If it
+            // isn't polled till EOF, the connection may not be able
+            // to be re-used.
+            //
+            // See https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest/issues/508.
+            let inner_read = try_io!(self.inner.get_mut().read(&mut [0]));
+            if inner_read == 0 {
+                Ok(Async::Ready(None))
+            } else {
+                Err(error::from(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                    "unexpected data after gzip decoder signaled end-of-file",
+                )))
+            }
+        } else {
+            unsafe { self.buf.advance_mut(read) };
+            let chunk = Chunk::from_chunk(self.buf.split_to(read).freeze());
 
-                Ok(Async::Ready(Some(chunk)))
-            },
-            Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
-                Ok(Async::NotReady)
-            },
-            Err(e) => Err(error::from(e))
+            Ok(Async::Ready(Some(chunk)))
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index a9241e6..0f11a6b 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -484,6 +484,18 @@ pub(crate) fn into_io(e: Error) -> io::Error {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn from_io(e: io::Error) -> Error {
+    if e.get_ref().map(|r| r.is::<Error>()).unwrap_or(false) {
+        *e
+            .into_inner()
+            .expect("io::Error::get_ref was Some(_)")
+            .downcast::<Error>()
+            .expect("StdError::is() was true")
+    } else {
+        from(e)
+    }
+}
+
 
 macro_rules! try_ {
     ($e:expr) => (
@@ -504,6 +516,20 @@ macro_rules! try_ {
     )
 }
 
+macro_rules! try_io {
+    ($e:expr) => (
+        match $e {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(ref err) if err.kind() == ::std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                return Ok(::futures::Async::NotReady);
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(::error::from_io(err));
+            }
+        }
+    )
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn loop_detected(url: Url) -> Error {
     Error::new(Kind::RedirectLoop, Some(url))
 }
@@ -594,4 +620,18 @@ mod tests {
         use std::mem::size_of;
         assert_eq!(size_of::<Error>(), size_of::<usize>());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn roundtrip_io_error() {
+        let orig = unknown_proxy_scheme();
+        // Convert reqwest::Error into an io::Error...
+        let io = into_io(orig);
+        // Convert that io::Error back into a reqwest::Error...
+        let err = from_io(io);
+        // It should have pulled out the original, not nested it...
+        match err.inner.kind {
+            Kind::UnknownProxyScheme => (),
+            _ => panic!("{:?}", err),
+        }
+    }
 }