diff --git a/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/Response.scala b/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/Response.scala
index 49825bc06..5793bba2a 100644
--- a/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/Response.scala
+++ b/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/Response.scala
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ object Response {
     Response(
       Status.Ok,
       contentTypeEventStream,
-      Body.fromCharSequenceStreamChunked(data.map(codec.encode).map(_.asString)),
+      Body.fromCharSequenceStreamChunked(data.map(codec.encode(_).asString)),
     )
   }