diff --git a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/NetworkStatsManagerTest.java b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/NetworkStatsManagerTest.java
index d8a0b07..d70f605 100644
--- a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/NetworkStatsManagerTest.java
+++ b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/NetworkStatsManagerTest.java
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
         } else {
             Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Network: " + networkInfo.toString());
         }
-        InputStreamReader in = null;
+        BufferedInputStream in = null;
         HttpURLConnection urlc = null;
         String originalKeepAlive = System.getProperty("http.keepAlive");
         System.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false");
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@
             urlc.connect();
             boolean ping = urlc.getResponseCode() == 200;
             if (ping) {
-                in = new InputStreamReader((InputStream) urlc.getContent());
-                // Since the test doesn't really care about the precise amount of data, instead
-                // of reading all contents, just read few bytes at the beginning.
-                in.read();
+                in = new BufferedInputStream((InputStream) urlc.getContent());
+                while (in.read() != -1) {
+                    // Comments to suppress lint error.
+                }
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Badness during exercising remote server: " + e);