diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java
index 9412ef8324..972abf58f6 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorObserveOn.java
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 package rx.operators;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import rx.Observable.Operator;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ private static class ObserveOnSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
         final Subscriber<? super T> observer;
         private final Scheduler.Worker recursiveScheduler;
 
-        private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Object> queue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Object>();
+        private FastList queue = new FastList();
         final AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong(0);
 
         public ObserveOnSubscriber(Scheduler scheduler, Subscriber<? super T> subscriber) {
@@ -72,19 +73,25 @@ public ObserveOnSubscriber(Scheduler scheduler, Subscriber<? super T> subscriber
 
         @Override
         public void onNext(final T t) {
-            queue.offer(on.next(t));
+            synchronized (this) {
+                queue.add(on.next(t));
+            }
             schedule();
         }
 
         @Override
         public void onCompleted() {
-            queue.offer(on.completed());
+            synchronized (this) {
+                queue.add(on.completed());
+            }
             schedule();
         }
 
         @Override
         public void onError(final Throwable e) {
-            queue.offer(on.error(e));
+            synchronized (this) {
+                queue.add(on.error(e));
+            }
             schedule();
         }
 
@@ -103,11 +110,43 @@ public void call() {
 
         private void pollQueue() {
             do {
-                Object v = queue.poll();
-                on.accept(observer, v);
-            } while (counter.decrementAndGet() > 0);
+                FastList vs;
+                synchronized (this) {
+                    vs = queue;
+                    queue = new FastList();
+                }
+                for (Object v : vs.array) {
+                    if (v == null) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    on.accept(observer, v);
+                }
+                if (counter.addAndGet(-vs.size) == 0) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            } while (true);
         }
 
     }
 
+    static final class FastList {
+        Object[] array;
+        int size;
+
+        public void add(Object o) {
+            int s = size;
+            Object[] a = array;
+            if (a == null) {
+                a = new Object[16];
+                array = a;
+            } else if (s == a.length) {
+                Object[] array2 = new Object[s + (s >> 2)];
+                System.arraycopy(a, 0, array2, 0, s);
+                a = array2;
+                array = a;
+            }
+            a[s] = o;
+            size = s + 1;
+        }
+    }
 }
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