diff --git a/sapi/apache2filter/sapi_apache2.c b/sapi/apache2filter/sapi_apache2.c
index ef97176ee2b..d44fed1b56e 100644
--- a/sapi/apache2filter/sapi_apache2.c
+++ b/sapi/apache2filter/sapi_apache2.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ php_apache_sapi_ub_write(const char *str, uint str_length TSRMLS_DC)
 		php_handle_aborted_connection();
 	}
 	
-	return 0; /* we wrote everything, we promise! */
+	return str_length; /* we always consume all the data passed to us. */
 }
 
 static int