diff --git a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/transport/transfer_listener.hpp b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/transport/transfer_listener.hpp
index 853e0a338f..3b6a55b7ee 100644
--- a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/transport/transfer_listener.hpp
+++ b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/transport/transfer_listener.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace uavcan
 /**
  * Container for received transfer.
  */
-class IncomingTransfer
+class IncomingTransfer : public ITransferBuffer
 {
     uint64_t ts_monotonic_;
     uint64_t ts_utc_;
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class IncomingTransfer
     TransferID transfer_id_;
     NodeID src_node_id_;
 
+    /// That's a no-op, asserts in debug builds
+    int write(unsigned int offset, const uint8_t* data, unsigned int len);
+
 protected:
     IncomingTransfer(uint64_t ts_monotonic, uint64_t ts_utc, TransferType transfer_type,
                      TransferID transfer_id, NodeID source_node_id)
@@ -38,13 +41,6 @@ protected:
     { }
 
 public:
-    virtual ~IncomingTransfer() { }
-
-    /**
-     * Read pure payload, no service fields are included (e.g. Target Node ID, Transfer CRC)
-     */
-    virtual int read(unsigned int offset, uint8_t* data, unsigned int len) const = 0;
-
     /**
      * Dispose the payload buffer. Further calls to read() will not be possible.
      */
diff --git a/libuavcan/src/transport/transfer_listener.cpp b/libuavcan/src/transport/transfer_listener.cpp
index ec7e442a1e..123e04f70f 100644
--- a/libuavcan/src/transport/transfer_listener.cpp
+++ b/libuavcan/src/transport/transfer_listener.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 
 namespace uavcan
 {
+/*
+ * IncomingTransfer
+ */
+int IncomingTransfer::write(unsigned int, const uint8_t*, unsigned int)
+{
+    assert(0);  // Incoming transfer container is read-only
+    return -1;
+}
 
 /*
  * SingleFrameIncomingTransfer