diff --git a/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.cxx b/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.cxx
index 4053bd1..a361010 100644
--- a/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.cxx
+++ b/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.cxx
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ int ZlibInStream::pos()
   return offset + ptr - start;
 }
 
-void ZlibInStream::removeUnderlying()
+void ZlibInStream::flushUnderlying()
 {
   ptr = end = start;
-  if (!underlying) return;
 
   while (bytesIn > 0) {
     decompress(true);
     end = start; // throw away any data
   }
-  underlying = 0;
+
+  setUnderlying(NULL, 0);
 }
 
 void ZlibInStream::reset()
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void ZlibInStream::init()
 void ZlibInStream::deinit()
 {
   assert(zs != NULL);
-  removeUnderlying();
+  setUnderlying(NULL, 0);
   inflateEnd(zs);
   delete zs;
   zs = NULL;
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ int ZlibInStream::overrun(int itemSize, int nItems, bool wait)
 {
   if (itemSize > bufSize)
     throw Exception("ZlibInStream overrun: max itemSize exceeded");
-  if (!underlying)
-    throw Exception("ZlibInStream overrun: no underlying stream");
 
   if (end - ptr != 0)
     memmove(start, ptr, end - ptr);
@@ -127,6 +125,9 @@ int ZlibInStream::overrun(int itemSize, int nItems, bool wait)
 
 bool ZlibInStream::decompress(bool wait)
 {
+  if (!underlying)
+    throw Exception("ZlibInStream overrun: no underlying stream");
+
   zs->next_out = (U8*)end;
   zs->avail_out = start + bufSize - end;
 
diff --git a/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.h b/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.h
index 6bd4da4..86ba1ff 100644
--- a/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.h
+++ b/common/rdr/ZlibInStream.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace rdr {
     virtual ~ZlibInStream();
 
     void setUnderlying(InStream* is, int bytesIn);
-    void removeUnderlying();
+    void flushUnderlying();
     int pos();
     void reset();
 
diff --git a/common/rfb/TightDecoder.cxx b/common/rfb/TightDecoder.cxx
index cc786f5..e2a99da 100644
--- a/common/rfb/TightDecoder.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/TightDecoder.cxx
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ void TightDecoder::decodeRect(const Rect& r, const void* buffer,
 
     zis[streamId].readBytes(netbuf, dataSize);
 
-    zis[streamId].removeUnderlying();
+    zis[streamId].flushUnderlying();
+    zis[streamId].setUnderlying(NULL, 0);
     delete ms;
 
     bufptr = netbuf;
diff --git a/common/rfb/zrleDecode.h b/common/rfb/zrleDecode.h
index 32b5c92..f432538 100644
--- a/common/rfb/zrleDecode.h
+++ b/common/rfb/zrleDecode.h
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ void ZRLE_DECODE (const Rect& r, rdr::InStream* is,
     }
   }
 
-  zis->removeUnderlying();
+  zis->flushUnderlying();
+  zis->setUnderlying(NULL, 0);
 }
 
 #undef ZRLE_DECODE