diff --git a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java
+++ b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ public class StreamCharBuffer extends GroovyObjectSupport implements Writable, C
         else {
             connectedWritersWriter = new SingleOutputWriter(connectedWriters.get(0));
         }
+        setNotifyParentBuffersEnabled(false); 
     }
 
     public final void connectTo(LazyInitializingWriter w) {
SCB improvement: disable notifying parent buffers by default in connected mode