diff --git a/src/Nancy/IO/RequestStream.cs b/src/Nancy/IO/RequestStream.cs
index 5273b5894c..6df04916ce 100644
--- a/src/Nancy/IO/RequestStream.cs
+++ b/src/Nancy/IO/RequestStream.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ public RequestStream(Stream stream, long expectedLength, long thresholdLength, b
             this.stream.Position = 0;
         }
 
-        private Task<object> MoveToWritableStream()
+        ~RequestStream()
+        {
+            this.Dispose(false);
+        }
+
+        private Task MoveToWritableStream()
         {
             var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
 
@@ -213,7 +218,10 @@ protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (this.isSafeToDisposeStream)
             {
-                ((IDisposable)this.stream).Dispose();
+                if (this.stream != null)
+                {
+                    this.stream.Dispose();
+                }
 
                 var fileStream = this.stream as FileStream;
                 if (fileStream != null)
diff --git a/src/Nancy/Request.cs b/src/Nancy/Request.cs
index b6b9332773..aa9d92acac 100644
--- a/src/Nancy/Request.cs
+++ b/src/Nancy/Request.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public Request(string method, string path, string scheme)
         /// <param name="protocolVersion">The HTTP protocol version.</param>
         public Request(string method,
             Url url,
-            RequestStream body = null,
+            Stream body = null,
             IDictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>> headers = null,
             string ip = null,
             byte[] certificate = null,
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ public string Path
         public dynamic Query { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a <see cref="RequestStream"/> that can be used to read the incoming HTTP body
+        /// Gets a <see cref="Stream"/> that can be used to read the incoming HTTP body
         /// </summary>
-        /// <value>A <see cref="RequestStream"/> object representing the incoming HTTP body.</value>
-        public RequestStream Body { get; private set; }
+        /// <value>A <see cref="Stream"/> object representing the incoming HTTP body.</value>
+        public Stream Body { get; private set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the request cookies.