diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
index bcf143e603..ea69889e89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
@@ -221,9 +221,6 @@ protected boolean _loadMore() throws IOException
         if (_reader != null) {
             int count = _reader.read(_inputBuffer, 0, _inputBuffer.length);
             if (count > 0) {
-                _inputPtr = 0;
-                _inputEnd = count;
-
                 _currInputProcessed += bufSize;
                 _currInputRowStart -= bufSize;
 
@@ -232,6 +229,9 @@ protected boolean _loadMore() throws IOException
                 //   in negative value, which is fine as combine value remains unchanged.
                 _nameStartOffset -= bufSize;
 
+                _inputPtr = 0;
+                _inputEnd = count;
+
                 return true;
             }
             // End of input
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
index c39ad50b50..d39d725c29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ protected final boolean _loadMore() throws IOException
             
             int count = _inputStream.read(_inputBuffer, 0, space);
             if (count > 0) {
-                _inputPtr = 0;
-                _inputEnd = count;
-
                 _currInputProcessed += _inputEnd;
                 _currInputRowStart -= _inputEnd;
 
@@ -204,6 +201,9 @@ protected final boolean _loadMore() throws IOException
                 //   in negative value, which is fine as combine value remains unchanged.
                 _nameStartOffset -= bufSize;
 
+                _inputPtr = 0;
+                _inputEnd = count;
+
                 return true;
             }
             // End of input
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/read/LocationOffsetsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/read/LocationOffsetsTest.java
index 057f8c1601..cb30781da9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/read/LocationOffsetsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/read/LocationOffsetsTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Random;
+
 public class LocationOffsetsTest extends com.fasterxml.jackson.core.BaseTest
 {
     final JsonFactory JSON_F = new JsonFactory();
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ private void _testWithLazyStringRead(int readMode) throws Exception
         assertEquals(8, p.getCurrentLocation().getColumnNr());
         p.close();
     }
-    
+
     // for [core#533]
     public void testUtf8Bom() throws Exception
     {
@@ -232,4 +235,72 @@ private byte[] withUtf8Bom(byte[] bytes) {
         System.arraycopy(bytes, 0, arr, 3, bytes.length);
         return arr;
     }
+
+    public void testBigPayload() throws IOException {
+        JsonLocation loc;
+        JsonParser p;
+
+        String doc = "{\"key\":\"" + generateRandomAlpha(50000) + "\"}";
+
+        p = createParserUsingStream(JSON_F, doc, "UTF-8");
+
+        assertToken(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, p.nextToken());
+        loc = p.getTokenLocation();
+        assertEquals(0, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getColumnNr());
+        loc = p.getCurrentLocation();
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(2, loc.getColumnNr());
+
+        assertToken(JsonToken.FIELD_NAME, p.nextToken());
+        loc = p.getTokenLocation();
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(2, loc.getColumnNr());
+        loc = p.getCurrentLocation();
+        assertEquals(8, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(9, loc.getColumnNr());
+
+        assertToken(JsonToken.VALUE_STRING, p.nextToken());
+        loc = p.getTokenLocation();
+        assertEquals(7, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(8, loc.getColumnNr());
+        loc = p.getCurrentLocation();
+        assertEquals(8, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(9, loc.getColumnNr());
+
+        p.getTextCharacters();
+        loc = p.getTokenLocation();
+        assertEquals(7, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(8, loc.getColumnNr());
+        loc = p.getCurrentLocation();
+        assertEquals(doc.length() - 1, loc.getByteOffset());
+        assertEquals(-1L, loc.getCharOffset());
+        assertEquals(1, loc.getLineNr());
+        assertEquals(doc.length(), loc.getColumnNr());
+    }
+
+    private String generateRandomAlpha(int length) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(length);
+        Random rnd = new Random(length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+            // let's limit it not to include surrogate pairs:
+            char ch = (char) ('A' + rnd.nextInt(26));
+            sb.append(ch);
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
 }