diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.2.9.1
+
+* Ensure downstream and inner sink receive same inputs in
+  `passthroughSink`
+  [#304](https://github.com/snoyberg/conduit/issues/304)
+
 ## 1.2.9
 
 * `chunksOf` [#296](https://github.com/snoyberg/conduit/pull/296)
diff --git a/Data/Conduit/Internal/Conduit.hs b/Data/Conduit/Internal/Conduit.hs
--- a/Data/Conduit/Internal/Conduit.hs
+++ b/Data/Conduit/Internal/Conduit.hs
@@ -703,23 +703,54 @@
                 -> (r -> m ()) -- ^ finalizer
                 -> Conduit i m i
 passthroughSink (ConduitM sink0) final = ConduitM $ \rest -> let
-    go _ (Done r) = do
+    -- A bit of explanation is in order, this function is
+    -- non-obvious. The purpose of go is to keep track of the sink
+    -- we're passing values to, and then yield values downstream. The
+    -- third argument to go is the current state of that sink. That's
+    -- relatively straightforward.
+    --
+    -- The second value is the leftover buffer. These are values that
+    -- the sink itself has called leftover on, and must be provided
+    -- back to the sink the next time it awaits. _However_, these
+    -- values should _not_ be reyielded downstream: we have already
+    -- yielded them downstream ourself, and it is the responsibility
+    -- of the functions wrapping around passthroughSink to handle the
+    -- leftovers from downstream.
+    --
+    -- The trickiest bit is the first argument, which is a solution to
+    -- bug https://github.com/snoyberg/conduit/issues/304. The issue
+    -- is that, once we get a value, we need to provide it to both the
+    -- inner sink _and_ yield it downstream. The obvious thing to do
+    -- is yield first and then recursively call go. Unfortunately,
+    -- this doesn't work in all cases: if the downstream component
+    -- never calls await again, our yield call will never return, and
+    -- our sink will not get the last value. This results is confusing
+    -- behavior where the sink and downstream component receive a
+    -- different number of values.
+    --
+    -- Solution: keep a buffer of the next value to yield downstream,
+    -- and only yield it downstream in one of two cases: our sink is
+    -- asking for another value, or our sink is done. This way, we
+    -- ensure that, in all cases, we pass exactly the same number of
+    -- values to the inner sink as to downstream.
+
+    go mbuf _ (Done r) = do
+        maybe (return ()) CI.yield mbuf
         lift $ final r
         unConduitM (awaitForever yield) rest
-    go is (Leftover sink i) = go (i:is) sink
-    go _ (HaveOutput _ _ o) = absurd o
-    go is (PipeM mx) = do
+    go mbuf is (Leftover sink i) = go mbuf (i:is) sink
+    go _ _ (HaveOutput _ _ o) = absurd o
+    go mbuf is (PipeM mx) = do
         x <- lift mx
-        go is x
-    go (i:is) (NeedInput next _) = go is (next i)
-    go [] (NeedInput next done) = do
+        go mbuf is x
+    go mbuf (i:is) (NeedInput next _) = go mbuf is (next i)
+    go mbuf [] (NeedInput next done) = do
+        maybe (return ()) CI.yield mbuf
         mx <- CI.await
         case mx of
-            Nothing -> go [] (done ())
-            Just x -> do
-                CI.yield x
-                go [] (next x)
-    in go [] (sink0 Done)
+            Nothing -> go Nothing [] (done ())
+            Just x -> go (Just x) [] (next x)
+    in go Nothing [] (sink0 Done)
 
 -- | Convert a @Source@ into a list. The basic functionality can be explained as:
 --
diff --git a/conduit.cabal b/conduit.cabal
--- a/conduit.cabal
+++ b/conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                conduit
-Version:             1.2.9
+Version:             1.2.9.1
 Synopsis:            Streaming data processing library.
 description:
     `conduit` is a solution to the streaming data problem, allowing for production,
diff --git a/test/main.hs b/test/main.hs
--- a/test/main.hs
+++ b/test/main.hs
@@ -854,6 +854,15 @@
             x <- I.readIORef ref
             x `shouldBe` (-1)
 
+        it "handles the last input correctly #304" $ do
+            ref <- I.newIORef (-1 :: Int)
+            let sink = CL.mapM_ (I.writeIORef ref)
+                conduit = C.passthroughSink sink (const (return ()))
+            res <- mapM_ C.yield [1..] C.$$ conduit C.=$ CL.take 5
+            res `shouldBe` [1..5]
+            x <- I.readIORef ref
+            x `shouldBe` 5
+
     describe "mtl instances" $ do
         it "ErrorT" $ do
             let src = flip catchError (const $ C.yield 4) $ do