diff --git a/src/http_ana.c b/src/http_ana.c
index ecf417e5a1..ca05a146f1 100644
--- a/src/http_ana.c
+++ b/src/http_ana.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int http_request_forward_body(struct stream *s, struct channel *req, int an_bit)
 		 * response. Otherwise, let a change to forward the response
 		 * first.
 		 */
-		if (htx_is_empty(htxbuf(&s->res.buf))) {
+		if (txn->rsp.msg_state >= HTTP_MSG_BODY && htx_is_empty(htxbuf(&s->res.buf))) {
 			COUNT_IF(1, "Server abort during request forwarding");
 			goto return_srv_abort;
 		}