diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index 6fe9d198533cb9..c9beafa9bee8e7 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -530,11 +530,17 @@ Readable.prototype.pipe = function(dest, pipeOpts) {
       ondrain();
   }
 
+  // If the user pushes more data while we're writing to dest then we'll end up
+  // in ondata again. However, we only want to increase awaitDrain once because
+  // dest will only emit one 'drain' event for the multiple writes.
+  // => Introduce a guard on increasing awaitDrain.
+  var increasedAwaitDrain = false;
   src.on('data', ondata);
   function ondata(chunk) {
     debug('ondata');
+    increasedAwaitDrain = false;
     var ret = dest.write(chunk);
-    if (false === ret) {
+    if (false === ret && !increasedAwaitDrain) {
       // If the user unpiped during `dest.write()`, it is possible
       // to get stuck in a permanently paused state if that write
       // also returned false.
@@ -544,6 +550,7 @@ Readable.prototype.pipe = function(dest, pipeOpts) {
           !cleanedUp) {
         debug('false write response, pause', src._readableState.awaitDrain);
         src._readableState.awaitDrain++;
+        increasedAwaitDrain = true;
       }
       src.pause();
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipe-await-drain-push-while-write.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipe-await-drain-push-while-write.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1dfdfdb80c8d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipe-await-drain-push-while-write.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const stream = require('stream');
+
+// A writable stream which pushes data onto the stream which pipes into it,
+// but only the first time it's written to. Since it's not paused at this time,
+// a second write will occur. If the pipe increases awaitDrain twice, we'll
+// never get subsequent chunks because 'drain' is only emitted once.
+const writable = new stream.Writable({
+  write: common.mustCall((chunk, encoding, cb) => {
+    if (chunk.length === 32 * 1024) { // first chunk
+      readable.push(new Buffer(33 * 1024)); // above hwm
+    }
+    cb();
+  }, 3)
+});
+
+// A readable stream which produces two buffers.
+const bufs = [new Buffer(32 * 1024), new Buffer(33 * 1024)]; // above hwm
+const readable = new stream.Readable({
+  read: function() {
+    while (bufs.length > 0) {
+      this.push(bufs.shift());
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+readable.pipe(writable);