diff --git a/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs b/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs
index 24b811f54..71bd67259 100644
--- a/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs
+++ b/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs
@@ -289,13 +289,33 @@ void ReadCLIHeader ()
 			// ManagedNativeHeader		8
 		}
 
-		void ReadMetadata ()
+		void CopyTo(ref NativeMemory memory)
 		{
-			MoveTo (metadata);
+			var destination = memory.Pointer;
+			var size = memory.Length;
 
+			var buffer = new byte[Math.Min(81920, size)];
+			while (size > 0) {
+				int readSize = Math.Min(size, buffer.Length);
+				int bytesRead = Read(buffer, 0, readSize);
+
+				if (bytesRead <= 0 || bytesRead > readSize) {
+					throw new IOException();
+				}
+
+				Marshal.Copy(buffer, 0, (IntPtr) destination, bytesRead);
+
+				destination += bytesRead;
+				size -= bytesRead;
+			}
+		}
+
+		void ReadMetadata ()
+		{
 			image.Metadata = new NativeMemory((int)metadata.Size);
-			var bytes = ReadBytes ((int)metadata.Size);
-			Marshal.Copy (bytes, 0, (IntPtr)image.Metadata.Pointer, image.Metadata.Length);
+
+			MoveTo (metadata);
+			CopyTo (ref image.Metadata);
 
 			var buffer = new PByteBuffer (image.Metadata.Pointer, (uint) image.Metadata.Length);