diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
index 99b915c52..10b5b7535 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,9 @@ ngx_http_proxy_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
         ctx->internal_body_length = -1;
         ctx->internal_chunked = 1;
 
+    } else if (r->discard_body) {
+        ctx->internal_body_length = 0;
+
     } else {
         ctx->internal_body_length = r->headers_in.content_length_n;
     }
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
index a0ccb5d26..727fa9d4b 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
     } else if (r->headers_in.chunked && r->reading_body) {
         ctx->ctx.internal_body_length = -1;
 
+    } else if (r->discard_body) {
+        ctx->ctx.internal_body_length = 0;
+
     } else {
         ctx->ctx.internal_body_length = r->headers_in.content_length_n;
     }