diff --git a/Lib/StringIO.py b/Lib/StringIO.py
index 7c4b6c7705c..79ab7e16b32 100644
--- a/Lib/StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/StringIO.py
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ def write(self, s):
         # Force s to be a string or unicode
         if not isinstance(s, basestring):
             s = str(s)
+        if self.pos == self.len:
+            self.buflist.append(s)
+            self.len = self.pos = self.pos + len(s)
+            return
         if self.pos > self.len:
             self.buflist.append('\0'*(self.pos - self.len))
             self.len = self.pos