diff --git a/ext/byte_buffer.cc b/ext/byte_buffer.cc
index 01bd92ea..2c840990 100644
--- a/ext/byte_buffer.cc
+++ b/ext/byte_buffer.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <node.h>
 #include <nan.h>
 #include "grpc/grpc.h"
+#include "grpc/byte_buffer_reader.h"
 #include "grpc/support/slice.h"
 
 #include "byte_buffer.h"
@@ -69,9 +70,10 @@ Handle<Value> ByteBufferToBuffer(grpc_byte_buffer *buffer) {
   size_t length = grpc_byte_buffer_length(buffer);
   char *result = reinterpret_cast<char *>(calloc(length, sizeof(char)));
   size_t offset = 0;
-  grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader = grpc_byte_buffer_reader_create(buffer);
+  grpc_byte_buffer_reader reader;
+  grpc_byte_buffer_reader_init(&reader, buffer);
   gpr_slice next;
-  while (grpc_byte_buffer_reader_next(reader, &next) != 0) {
+  while (grpc_byte_buffer_reader_next(&reader, &next) != 0) {
     memcpy(result + offset, GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(next), GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(next));
     offset += GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(next);
   }