diff --git a/src/input/AsyncInputStream.cxx b/src/input/AsyncInputStream.cxx
index 308214f2b..f351bbc38 100644
--- a/src/input/AsyncInputStream.cxx
+++ b/src/input/AsyncInputStream.cxx
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
 #include "tag/Tag.hxx"
 #include "thread/Cond.hxx"
 #include "IOThread.hxx"
-#include "util/HugeAllocator.hxx"
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 AsyncInputStream::AsyncInputStream(const char *_url,
 				   Mutex &_mutex, Cond &_cond,
-				   void *_buffer, size_t _buffer_size,
+				   size_t _buffer_size,
 				   size_t _resume_at)
 	:InputStream(_url, _mutex, _cond), DeferredMonitor(io_thread_get()),
-	 buffer((uint8_t *)_buffer, _buffer_size),
+	 allocation(_buffer_size),
+	 buffer((uint8_t *)allocation.get(), _buffer_size),
 	 resume_at(_resume_at),
 	 open(true),
 	 paused(false),
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ AsyncInputStream::~AsyncInputStream()
 	delete tag;
 
 	buffer.Clear();
-	HugeFree(buffer.Write().data, buffer.GetCapacity());
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/input/AsyncInputStream.hxx b/src/input/AsyncInputStream.hxx
index 49b1cc465..5f229ee81 100644
--- a/src/input/AsyncInputStream.hxx
+++ b/src/input/AsyncInputStream.hxx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "InputStream.hxx"
 #include "event/DeferredMonitor.hxx"
+#include "util/HugeAllocator.hxx"
 #include "util/CircularBuffer.hxx"
 #include "util/Error.hxx"
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ class AsyncInputStream : public InputStream, private DeferredMonitor {
 		NONE, SCHEDULED, PENDING
 	};
 
+	HugeAllocation allocation;
+
 	CircularBuffer<uint8_t> buffer;
 	const size_t resume_at;
 
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ public:
 	 */
 	AsyncInputStream(const char *_url,
 			 Mutex &_mutex, Cond &_cond,
-			 void *_buffer, size_t _buffer_size,
+			 size_t _buffer_size,
 			 size_t _resume_at);
 
 	virtual ~AsyncInputStream();
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index 1b5b152a1..98df83a25 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "util/ASCII.hxx"
 #include "util/StringUtil.hxx"
 #include "util/NumberParser.hxx"
-#include "util/HugeAllocator.hxx"
 #include "util/Error.hxx"
 #include "util/Domain.hxx"
 #include "Log.hxx"
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ struct CurlInputStream final : public AsyncInputStream {
 
 	CurlInputStream(const char *_url, Mutex &_mutex, Cond &_cond)
 		:AsyncInputStream(_url, _mutex, _cond,
-				  HugeAllocate(CURL_MAX_BUFFERED),
 				  CURL_MAX_BUFFERED,
 				  CURL_RESUME_AT),
 		 request_headers(nullptr),
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx
index 13d94831a..b6d4a204d 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "lib/nfs/Domain.hxx"
 #include "lib/nfs/Glue.hxx"
 #include "lib/nfs/FileReader.hxx"
-#include "util/HugeAllocator.hxx"
 #include "util/StringCompare.hxx"
 #include "util/Error.hxx"
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ class NfsInputStream final : public AsyncInputStream, NfsFileReader {
 public:
 	NfsInputStream(const char *_uri, Mutex &_mutex, Cond &_cond)
 		:AsyncInputStream(_uri, _mutex, _cond,
-				  HugeAllocate(NFS_MAX_BUFFERED),
 				  NFS_MAX_BUFFERED,
 				  NFS_RESUME_AT),
 		 reconnect_on_resume(false), reconnecting(false) {}