diff --git a/lualib/http/httpc.lua b/lualib/http/httpc.lua
index ae771dc8..49ccb9b8 100644
--- a/lualib/http/httpc.lua
+++ b/lualib/http/httpc.lua
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ local function request(fd, method, host, url, recvheader, header, content)
 	end
 
 	if content then
-		local data = string.format("%s %s HTTP/1.1\r\n%scontent-length:%d\r\n\r\n%s", method, url, header_content, #content, content)
+		local data = string.format("%s %s HTTP/1.1\r\n%scontent-length:%d\r\n\r\n", method, url, header_content, #content)
 		write(data)
+		write(content)
 	else
 		local request_header = string.format("%s %s HTTP/1.1\r\n%scontent-length:0\r\n\r\n", method, url, header_content)
 		write(request_header)