diff --git a/.chloggen/pkg-stanza-syslog-octen-split.yaml b/.chloggen/pkg-stanza-syslog-octen-split.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..16de6042b950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/pkg-stanza-syslog-octen-split.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: syslogreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Fix issue where long tokens would be truncated prematurely
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [27294]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog.go
index cfa5c24aa8e7..26636e6ab56b 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -150,34 +150,32 @@ func OctetSplitFuncBuilder(_ encoding.Encoding) (bufio.SplitFunc, error) {
 
 func newOctetFrameSplitFunc(flushAtEOF bool) bufio.SplitFunc {
 	frameRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`^[1-9]\d*\s`)
-	return func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err error) {
+	return func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byte, error) {
 		frameLoc := frameRegex.FindIndex(data)
 		if frameLoc == nil {
 			// Flush if no more data is expected
 			if len(data) != 0 && atEOF && flushAtEOF {
-				token = data
-				advance = len(data)
-				return
+				return len(data), data, nil
 			}
 			return 0, nil, nil
 		}
 
 		frameMaxIndex := frameLoc[1]
-		// delimit space between length and log
+		// Remove the delimiter (space) between length and log, and parse the length
 		frameLenValue, err := strconv.Atoi(string(data[:frameMaxIndex-1]))
 		if err != nil {
-			return 0, nil, err // read more data and try again.
+			// This should not be possible because the regex matched.
+			// However, return an error just in case.
+			return 0, nil, err
 		}
 
-		advance = frameMaxIndex + frameLenValue
-		// the limitation here is that we can only line split within a single buffer
-		// the context of buffer length cannot be pass onto the next scan
-		capacity := cap(data)
-		if advance > capacity {
-			return capacity, data, nil
+		advance := frameMaxIndex + frameLenValue
+		if advance > len(data) {
+			if atEOF && flushAtEOF {
+				return len(data), data, nil
+			}
+			return 0, nil, nil
 		}
-		token = data[:advance]
-		err = nil
-		return
+		return advance, data[:advance], nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog_test.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog_test.go
index 1baaaf77fd83..6d489173a997 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog_test.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/operator/input/syslog/syslog_test.go
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ func TestOctetFramingSplitFunc(t *testing.T) {
 				return newRaw
 			}(),
 			ExpectedTokens: []string{
-				`5000 ` + string(splittest.GenerateBytes(4091)),
-				`j`,
+				`5000 ` + string(splittest.GenerateBytes(4092)),
 			},
 		},
 	}