diff --git a/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHash.java b/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHash.java
index 622c66d9ee9..31af153666e 100644
--- a/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHash.java
+++ b/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHash.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package com.scurrilous.circe.checksum;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.CompositeByteBuf;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocal;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -106,14 +107,23 @@ public int resume(int current, ByteBuf buffer, int offset, int len) {
         } else if (buffer.hasArray()) {
             int arrayOffset = buffer.arrayOffset() + offset;
             negCrc = resume(negCrc, buffer.array(), arrayOffset, len);
+        } else if (buffer instanceof CompositeByteBuf) {
+           CompositeByteBuf compositeByteBuf = (CompositeByteBuf) buffer;
+           int loopedCurrent = current;
+           for (int i = 0; i < compositeByteBuf.numComponents(); i ++) {
+               loopedCurrent = resume(loopedCurrent, compositeByteBuf.component(i));
+           }
+           return loopedCurrent;
         } else {
             byte[] b = TL_BUFFER.get();
             int toRead = len;
+            int loopOffset = offset;
             while (toRead > 0) {
                 int length = Math.min(toRead, b.length);
-                buffer.slice(offset, len).readBytes(b, 0, length);
+                buffer.slice(loopOffset, length).readBytes(b, 0, length);
                 negCrc = resume(negCrc, b, 0, length);
                 toRead -= length;
+                loopOffset += length;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/circe-checksum/src/test/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHashTest.java b/circe-checksum/src/test/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHashTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3fb57b4a1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/circe-checksum/src/test/java/com/scurrilous/circe/checksum/Java9IntHashTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package com.scurrilous.circe.checksum;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.buffer.CompositeByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.DuplicatedByteBuf;
+import java.util.Random;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class Java9IntHashTest {
+
+    private ByteBuf[] generateByteBuffers() {
+        Random random = new Random();
+        int hugeDataLen = 4096 * 3;
+        byte[] hugeData = new byte[hugeDataLen];
+        for (int i = 0; i < hugeDataLen; i ++) {
+            hugeData[i] = (byte) (random.nextInt() % 127);
+        }
+
+        // b_total = b1 + b2 + b3;
+        ByteBuf bTotal = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer(6 + hugeDataLen);
+        bTotal.writeBytes(new byte[]{1,2,3,4,5,6});
+        bTotal.writeBytes(hugeData);
+        ByteBuf b1 = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer(3);
+        b1.writeBytes(new byte[]{1,2,3});
+        ByteBuf b2 = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer(3);
+        b2.writeBytes(new byte[]{4,5,6});
+        ByteBuf b3 = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer(hugeDataLen);
+        b3.writeBytes(hugeData);
+
+        return new ByteBuf[]{bTotal, b1, new CompositeByteBuf(ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT, false, 2,  b2, b3)};
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void calculateCheckSumUsingCompositeByteBuf() {
+        // byteBuffers[0] = byteBuffers[1] + byteBuffers[2].
+        // byteBuffers[2] is a composite ByteBuf.
+        ByteBuf[] byteBuffers = generateByteBuffers();
+        ByteBuf bTotal = byteBuffers[0];
+        ByteBuf b1 = byteBuffers[1];
+        ByteBuf b2 = byteBuffers[2];
+
+        // Calculate: case-1.
+        int checksumRes1 = Crc32cIntChecksum.computeChecksum(bTotal);
+
+        // Calculate: case-2.
+        int b1CheckSum = Crc32cIntChecksum.computeChecksum(b1);
+        int checksumRes2 = Crc32cIntChecksum.resumeChecksum(b1CheckSum, b2);
+
+        // Verify: the results of both ways to calculate the checksum are same.
+        Assert.assertEquals(checksumRes1, checksumRes2);
+
+        // cleanup.
+        bTotal.release();
+        b1.release();
+        b2.release();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void calculateCheckSumUsingNoArrayNoMemoryAddrByteBuf() {
+        // byteBuffers[0] = byteBuffers[1] + byteBuffers[2].
+        // byteBuffers[2] is a composite ByteBuf.
+        ByteBuf[] byteBuffers = generateByteBuffers();
+        ByteBuf bTotal = byteBuffers[0];
+        ByteBuf b1 = byteBuffers[1];
+        ByteBuf b2 = new NoArrayNoMemoryAddrByteBuff(byteBuffers[2]);
+
+        // Calculate: case-1.
+        int checksumRes1 = Crc32cIntChecksum.computeChecksum(bTotal);
+
+        // Calculate: case-2.
+        int b1CheckSum = Crc32cIntChecksum.computeChecksum(b1);
+        int checksumRes2 = Crc32cIntChecksum.resumeChecksum(b1CheckSum, b2);
+
+        // Verify: the results of both ways to calculate the checksum are same.
+        Assert.assertEquals(checksumRes1, checksumRes2);
+
+        // cleanup.
+        bTotal.release();
+        b1.release();
+        b2.release();
+    }
+
+    public static class NoArrayNoMemoryAddrByteBuff extends DuplicatedByteBuf {
+
+        public NoArrayNoMemoryAddrByteBuff(ByteBuf buffer) {
+            super(buffer);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean hasArray(){
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean hasMemoryAddress(){
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
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