diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Http/KestrelHttpParser.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Http/KestrelHttpParser.cs
index e76515b042..5e3aa7097e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Http/KestrelHttpParser.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Http/KestrelHttpParser.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Internal.Http
 
             // Prepare the first span
             var span = buffer.First.Span;
-            var lineIndex = span.SequentialIndexOf(ByteLF);
+            var lineIndex = span.IndexOf(ByteLF);
             if (lineIndex >= 0)
             {
                 consumed = buffer.Move(consumed, lineIndex + 1);
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Internal.Http
                                 index = reader.Index;
                             }
 
-                            var endIndex = new Span<byte>(pBuffer + index, remaining).SequentialIndexOf(ByteLF);
+                            var endIndex = new Span<byte>(pBuffer + index, remaining).IndexOf(ByteLF);
                             var length = 0;
 
                             if (endIndex != -1)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/HttpUtilities.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/HttpUtilities.cs
index 003c8ccc8e..b4dafbd3a7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/HttpUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/HttpUtilities.cs
@@ -270,23 +270,32 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Internal.Infrastructure
         /// <param name="knownScheme">A reference to the known scheme, if the input matches any</param>
         /// <returns>True when memory starts with known http or https schema</returns>
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-        public static bool GetKnownHttpScheme(this Span<byte> span, out HttpScheme knownScheme)
+        public static unsafe bool GetKnownHttpScheme(this Span<byte> span, out HttpScheme knownScheme)
         {
-            if (span.TryRead<ulong>(out var value))
+            fixed (byte* data = &span.DangerousGetPinnableReference())
             {
-                if ((value & _mask7Chars) == _httpSchemeLong)
+                return GetKnownHttpScheme(data, span.Length, out knownScheme);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        private static unsafe bool GetKnownHttpScheme(byte* location, int length, out HttpScheme knownScheme)
+        {
+            if (length >= sizeof(ulong))
+            {
+                var scheme = *(ulong*)location;
+                if ((scheme & _mask7Chars) == _httpSchemeLong)
                 {
                     knownScheme = HttpScheme.Http;
                     return true;
                 }
 
-                if (value == _httpsSchemeLong)
+                if (scheme == _httpsSchemeLong)
                 {
                     knownScheme = HttpScheme.Https;
                     return true;
                 }
             }
-
             knownScheme = HttpScheme.Unknown;
             return false;
         }