diff --git a/ext/flash/01_http.js b/ext/flash/01_http.js
index 17f99ca98e..c7dce421d0 100644
--- a/ext/flash/01_http.js
+++ b/ext/flash/01_http.js
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@
           }
         } else {
           const reader = respBody.getReader();
+          const { value, done } = await reader.read();
+          // Best case: sends headers + first chunk in a single go.
           writeFixedResponse(
             serverId,
             i,
@@ -379,14 +381,21 @@
             false,
             respondFast,
           );
-          while (true) {
-            const { value, done } = await reader.read();
-            await respondChunked(
-              i,
-              value,
-              done,
-            );
-            if (done) break;
+          await respondChunked(
+            i,
+            value,
+            done,
+          );
+          if (!done) {
+            while (true) {
+              const chunk = await reader.read();
+              await respondChunked(
+                i,
+                chunk.value,
+                chunk.done,
+              );
+              if (chunk.done) break;
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -591,13 +600,22 @@
     });
 
     function respondChunked(token, chunk, shutdown) {
-      return core.opAsync(
-        "op_flash_respond_chuncked",
+      const nwritten = core.ops.op_try_flash_respond_chuncked(
         serverId,
         token,
-        chunk,
+        chunk ?? new Uint8Array(),
         shutdown,
       );
+      if (nwritten > 0) {
+        return core.opAsync(
+          "op_flash_respond_chuncked",
+          serverId,
+          token,
+          chunk,
+          shutdown,
+          nwritten,
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     const fastOp = prepareFastCalls();
diff --git a/ext/flash/lib.rs b/ext/flash/lib.rs
index f9ce1c7445..17e3e83178 100644
--- a/ext/flash/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/flash/lib.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,34 @@ async fn op_flash_respond_async(
   Ok(())
 }
 
+#[op(fast)]
+fn op_try_flash_respond_chuncked(
+  op_state: &mut OpState,
+  server_id: u32,
+  token: u32,
+  response: &[u8],
+  shutdown: bool,
+) -> u32 {
+  let flash_ctx = op_state.borrow_mut::<FlashContext>();
+  let ctx = flash_ctx.servers.get_mut(&server_id).unwrap();
+  let tx = ctx.requests.get(&token).unwrap();
+  let sock = tx.socket();
+
+  // TODO(@littledivy): Use writev when `UnixIoSlice` lands.
+  // https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/15629
+  let h = format!("{:x}\r\n", response.len());
+  let concat = [h.as_bytes(), response, b"\r\n"].concat();
+  let expected = sock.try_write(&concat);
+  if expected != concat.len() {
+    return expected as u32;
+  }
+  if shutdown {
+    // Best case: We've written everything and the stream is done too.
+    let _ = ctx.requests.remove(&token).unwrap();
+  }
+  0
+}
+
 #[op]
 async fn op_flash_respond_chuncked(
   op_state: Rc<RefCell<OpState>>,
@@ -157,6 +185,7 @@ async fn op_flash_respond_chuncked(
   token: u32,
   response: Option<ZeroCopyBuf>,
   shutdown: bool,
+  nwritten: u32,
 ) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
   let mut op_state = op_state.borrow_mut();
   let flash_ctx = op_state.borrow_mut::<FlashContext>();
@@ -178,17 +207,27 @@ async fn op_flash_respond_chuncked(
     .with_async_stream(|stream| {
       Box::pin(async move {
         use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+        // TODO(@littledivy): Use writev when `UnixIoSlice` lands.
+        // https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/15629
+        macro_rules! write_whats_not_written {
+          ($e:expr) => {
+            let e = $e;
+            let n = nwritten as usize;
+            if n < e.len() {
+              stream.write_all(&e[n..]).await?;
+            }
+          };
+        }
         if let Some(response) = response {
-          stream
-            .write_all(format!("{:x}\r\n", response.len()).as_bytes())
-            .await?;
-          stream.write_all(&response).await?;
-          stream.write_all(b"\r\n").await?;
+          let h = format!("{:x}\r\n", response.len());
+          write_whats_not_written!(h.as_bytes());
+          write_whats_not_written!(&response);
+          write_whats_not_written!(b"\r\n");
         }
 
         // The last chunk
         if shutdown {
-          stream.write_all(b"0\r\n\r\n").await?;
+          write_whats_not_written!(b"0\r\n\r\n");
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -1451,6 +1490,7 @@ pub fn init<P: FlashPermissions + 'static>(unstable: bool) -> Extension {
       op_flash_respond::decl(),
       op_flash_respond_async::decl(),
       op_flash_respond_chuncked::decl(),
+      op_try_flash_respond_chuncked::decl(),
       op_flash_method::decl(),
       op_flash_path::decl(),
       op_flash_headers::decl(),