diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/ByteStringSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/ByteStringSpec.scala
index c00056a3e8..7972a6a0cd 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/ByteStringSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/ByteStringSpec.scala
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ class ByteStringSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers with Checkers {
       "dropping" in { check((a: ByteString, b: ByteString) ⇒ (a ++ b).drop(b.size).size == a.size) }
       "taking" in { check((a: ByteString, b: ByteString) ⇒ (a ++ b).take(a.size) == a) }
       "takingRight" in { check((a: ByteString, b: ByteString) ⇒ (a ++ b).takeRight(b.size) == b) }
-      "droppnig then taking" in { check((a: ByteString, b: ByteString) ⇒ (b ++ a ++ b).drop(b.size).take(a.size) == a) }
+      "dropping then taking" in { check((a: ByteString, b: ByteString) ⇒ (b ++ a ++ b).drop(b.size).take(a.size) == a) }
       "droppingRight" in { check((a: ByteString, b: ByteString) ⇒ (b ++ a ++ b).drop(b.size).dropRight(b.size) == a) }
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/ByteString.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/ByteString.scala
index 104be290b2..ec3c1ab2c3 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/ByteString.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/ByteString.scala
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ object ByteString {
       val copyLength = Math.min(buffer.remaining, length)
       if (copyLength > 0) {
         buffer.put(bytes, startIndex, copyLength)
-        drop(copyLength)
       }
       copyLength
     }