diff --git a/sdk/storage/storage-blob/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/storage/storage-blob/CHANGELOG.md
index 04b0424449e3..8295834beea1 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/storage-blob/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/storage-blob/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 - Added support for service version 2021-10-04.
 
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+- Fixed a hang issue in BlobClient.downloadToBuffer when encountering transient network failure.
+
 ## 12.11.0 (2022-07-08)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/constants.ts b/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/constants.ts
index d315608c3437..fa3ab3e1fe1f 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export const BLOCK_BLOB_MAX_BLOCKS: number = 50000;
 export const DEFAULT_BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE_BYTES: number = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MB
 export const DEFAULT_BLOB_DOWNLOAD_BLOCK_BYTES: number = 4 * 1024 * 1024; // 4MB
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_DOWNLOAD_RETRY_REQUESTS: number = 5;
+
+export const REQUEST_TIMEOUT: number = 100 * 1000; // In ms
 /**
  * The OAuth scope to use with Azure Storage.
  */
diff --git a/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/utils.node.ts b/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/utils.node.ts
index 2ca67292ab65..48e979d6ff15 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/utils.node.ts
+++ b/sdk/storage/storage-blob/src/utils/utils.node.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as util from "util";
+import { REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from "./constants";
 
 /**
  * Reads a readable stream into buffer. Fill the buffer from offset to end.
@@ -24,8 +25,14 @@ export async function streamToBuffer(
   const count = end - offset; // Total amount of data needed in stream
 
   return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timeout = setTimeout(
+      () => reject(new Error(`The operation cannot be completed in timeout.`)),
+      REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+    );
+
     stream.on("readable", () => {
       if (pos >= count) {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
         resolve();
         return;
       }
@@ -46,6 +53,7 @@ export async function streamToBuffer(
     });
 
     stream.on("end", () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
       if (pos < count) {
         reject(
           new Error(
@@ -56,7 +64,10 @@ export async function streamToBuffer(
       resolve();
     });
 
-    stream.on("error", reject);
+    stream.on("error", (msg) => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      reject(msg);
+    });
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/CHANGELOG.md
index 009f9aba5a36..16539d95a8ef 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
+- Fixed a hang issue in ShareFileClient.downloadToBuffer when encountering transient network failure.
+
 ### Other Changes
 
 ## 12.11.0 (2022-07-08)
diff --git a/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/constants.ts b/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/constants.ts
index aa15fb14e1e2..0018e2f39a34 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const FILE_MAX_SIZE_BYTES: number = 4 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 4TB
 export const FILE_RANGE_MAX_SIZE_BYTES: number = 4 * 1024 * 1024; // 4MB
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_DOWNLOAD_RETRY_REQUESTS: number = 5;
 export const DEFAULT_HIGH_LEVEL_CONCURRENCY: number = 5;
+export const REQUEST_TIMEOUT: number = 100 * 1000; // In ms
 
 export const URLConstants = {
   Parameters: {
diff --git a/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/utils.node.ts b/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/utils.node.ts
index 547cca0fbcc4..0c25c7f10b2d 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/utils.node.ts
+++ b/sdk/storage/storage-file-share/src/utils/utils.node.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as util from "util";
+import { REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from "./constants";
 
 /**
  * Reads a readable stream into buffer. Fill the buffer from offset to end.
@@ -24,8 +25,13 @@ export async function streamToBuffer(
   const count = end - offset; // Total amount of data needed in stream
 
   return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timeout = setTimeout(
+      () => reject(new Error(`The operation cannot be completed in timeout.`)),
+      REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+    );
     stream.on("readable", () => {
       if (pos >= count) {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
         resolve();
         return;
       }
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ export async function streamToBuffer(
     });
 
     stream.on("end", () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
       if (pos < count) {
         reject(
           new Error(
@@ -56,7 +63,10 @@ export async function streamToBuffer(
       resolve();
     });
 
-    stream.on("error", reject);
+    stream.on("error", (msg) => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      reject(msg);
+    });
   });
 }