diff --git a/apps/memcached/memcache.cc b/apps/memcached/memcache.cc
index 2eb464a9a9..80ed1d6951 100644
--- a/apps/memcached/memcache.cc
+++ b/apps/memcached/memcache.cc
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ private:
             : _src(src)
             , _request_id(request_id)
             , _in(std::move(in))
-            , _out(output_stream<char>(data_sink(std::make_unique<vector_data_sink>(_out_bufs)), out_size))
+            , _out(output_stream<char>(data_sink(std::make_unique<vector_data_sink>(_out_bufs)), out_size, true))
             , _proto(c, system_stats)
         {}
     };