diff --git a/pkg/streamer/streamer.go b/pkg/streamer/streamer.go
index 6f67f84..2ec1f8a 100644
--- a/pkg/streamer/streamer.go
+++ b/pkg/streamer/streamer.go
@@ -234,6 +234,22 @@ func StopTimer(timer *time.Timer) {
 	}
 }
 
+// flushCh returns all data currently queued in channel
+func flushCh(ch <-chan []byte) []byte {
+	res := []byte{}
+	for {
+		select {
+		case readData, ok := <-ch:
+			if !ok {
+				return res
+			}
+			res = append(res, readData...)
+		default:
+			return res
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // GenericReadX reads from readCh till expr matched, exceeded time or read more than size.
 // Returns error if nothing was read during readTimeout or ctx was Done
 // readSize - maximum read size
@@ -251,6 +267,7 @@ func GenericReadX(ctx context.Context, inBuffer []byte, readCh chan []byte, read
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			StopTimer(maxDurationTimeout)
+			buffer = append(buffer, flushCh(readCh)...)
 			return nil, buffer, buffer[len(inBuffer):], multierr.Combine(ctx.Err(), ThrowReadTimeoutException(GetLastBytes(buffer, readSize)))
 		default:
 		}
@@ -282,6 +299,7 @@ func GenericReadX(ctx context.Context, inBuffer []byte, readCh chan []byte, read
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			StopTimer(readIterTimeout)
 			StopTimer(maxDurationTimeout)
+			buffer = append(buffer, flushCh(readCh)...)
 			return nil, buffer, buffer[len(inBuffer):], multierr.Combine(ctx.Err(), ThrowReadTimeoutException(GetLastBytes(buffer, readSize)))
 		case readData, ok := <-readCh:
 			StopTimer(readIterTimeout)
@@ -312,6 +330,7 @@ func GenericReadX(ctx context.Context, inBuffer []byte, readCh chan []byte, read
 			return NewReadXRes(Timeout, buffer, nil, []byte{}), buffer, buffer[len(inBuffer):], nil
 		case <-readIterTimeout.C:
 			StopTimer(maxDurationTimeout)
+			buffer = append(buffer, flushCh(readCh)...)
 			return nil, buffer, buffer[len(inBuffer):], ThrowReadTimeoutException(GetLastBytes(buffer, readSize))
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/streamer/streamer_test.go b/pkg/streamer/streamer_test.go
index ba3f32a..87d377e 100644
--- a/pkg/streamer/streamer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/streamer/streamer_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package streamer
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/annetutil/gnetcli/pkg/expr"
 )
@@ -83,6 +85,23 @@ func setupChan(data []byte) chan []byte {
 	return ch
 }
 
+func TestGenericReadXCtxDoneFlushChannel(t *testing.T) {
+	ch := make(chan []byte, 1)
+	ch <- []byte("pending in channel")
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+
+	pat := expr.NewSimpleExpr().FromPattern("never-matches")
+	_, _, _, err := GenericReadX(ctx, nil, ch, 4096, time.Second, pat, 0, 0)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	var rt *ReadTimeoutException
+	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &rt))
+	require.Equal(t, "pending in channel", string(rt.LastRead))
+	require.Empty(t, ch, "channel should be drained")
+}
+
 func TestGenericSplitBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	a, b := splitBytes([]byte("1234"), 2)
 	assert.Equal(t, []byte("12"), a)