diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReader.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReader.java
index 6cf241e65d00b835251911adb1441566c4c597da..ddbb586f150ef3f0da4a723be1ce052984369a90 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReader.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReader.java
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ public class ProcFileReader implements Closeable {
         mTail -= count;
         if (mTail == 0) {
             fillBuf();
+
+            if (mTail > 0 && mBuffer[0] == ' ') {
+                // After filling the buffer, it contains more consecutive
+                // delimiters that need to be skipped.
+                consumeBuf(0);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/utiltests/src/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReaderTest.java b/core/tests/utiltests/src/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReaderTest.java
index 4c00c1667e3c80289287e41251ee17db85509952..9785ca7face50d7ac8e297d69c5aa80c25f1ee5a 100644
--- a/core/tests/utiltests/src/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReaderTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/utiltests/src/com/android/internal/util/ProcFileReaderTest.java
@@ -215,6 +215,46 @@ public class ProcFileReaderTest {
         assertFalse(reader.hasMoreData());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBufferSizeWithConsecutiveDelimiters() throws Exception {
+        // Read numbers using very small buffer size, exercising fillBuf()
+        // Include more consecutive delimiters than the buffer size.
+        final ProcFileReader reader =
+                buildReader("1   21  3  41           5  61  7  81 9   10\n", 3);
+
+        assertEquals(1, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(21, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(3, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(41, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(5, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(61, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(7, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(81, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(9, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(10, reader.nextInt());
+        reader.finishLine();
+        assertFalse(reader.hasMoreData());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBufferSizeWithConsecutiveDelimitersAndMultipleLines() throws Exception {
+        final ProcFileReader reader =
+                buildReader("1 21  41    \n    5  7     81   \n    9 10     \n", 3);
+
+        assertEquals(1, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(21, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(41, reader.nextInt());
+        reader.finishLine();
+        assertEquals(5, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(7, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(81, reader.nextInt());
+        reader.finishLine();
+        assertEquals(9, reader.nextInt());
+        assertEquals(10, reader.nextInt());
+        reader.finishLine();
+        assertFalse(reader.hasMoreData());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testIgnore() throws Exception {
         final ProcFileReader reader = buildReader("a b c\n");