diff --git a/packer/rpc/muxconn.go b/packer/rpc/muxconn.go
index 376613447..17312f367 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/muxconn.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/muxconn.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (m *MuxConn) write(from muxPacketFrom, id uint32, dataType muxPacketType, p
 	n := 0
 	for n < len(p) {
 		var n2 int
-		n2, err = m.rwc.Write(p)
+		n2, err = m.rwc.Write(p[n:])
 		n += n2
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[ERR] %p: Stream %d (%s) write error: %s", m, id, from, err)