diff --git a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/protocol/MessageWithHeader.java b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/protocol/MessageWithHeader.java
index a5337656cbd84..e7b66a6f33a82 100644
--- a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/protocol/MessageWithHeader.java
+++ b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/protocol/MessageWithHeader.java
@@ -137,30 +137,15 @@ protected void deallocate() {
   }
 
   private int copyByteBuf(ByteBuf buf, WritableByteChannel target) throws IOException {
-    ByteBuffer buffer = buf.nioBuffer();
-    int written = (buffer.remaining() <= NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT) ?
-      target.write(buffer) : writeNioBuffer(target, buffer);
+    // SPARK-24578: cap the sub-region's size of returned nio buffer to improve the performance
+    // for the case that the passed-in buffer has too many components.
+    int length = Math.min(buf.readableBytes(), NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT);
+    ByteBuffer buffer = buf.nioBuffer(buf.readerIndex(), length);
+    int written = target.write(buffer);
     buf.skipBytes(written);
     return written;
   }
 
-  private int writeNioBuffer(
-      WritableByteChannel writeCh,
-      ByteBuffer buf) throws IOException {
-    int originalLimit = buf.limit();
-    int ret = 0;
-
-    try {
-      int ioSize = Math.min(buf.remaining(), NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT);
-      buf.limit(buf.position() + ioSize);
-      ret = writeCh.write(buf);
-    } finally {
-      buf.limit(originalLimit);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public MessageWithHeader touch(Object o) {
     super.touch(o);