diff --git a/lib/std/http.zig b/lib/std/http.zig
index 9377efe190..5b7cc62929 100644
--- a/lib/std/http.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http.zig
@@ -410,14 +410,14 @@ pub const Reader = struct {
         var head_end: usize = 0;
         while (true) {
             if (head_end >= in.buffer.len) return error.HttpHeadersOversize;
-            const buf = in.peekGreedy(head_end + 1) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            in.fillMore() catch |err| switch (err) {
                 error.EndOfStream => switch (head_end) {
                     0 => return error.HttpConnectionClosing,
                     else => return error.HttpRequestTruncated,
                 },
                 error.ReadFailed => return error.ReadFailed,
             };
-            head_end += hp.feed(buf[head_end..]);
+            head_end += hp.feed(in.bufferContents()[head_end..]);
             if (hp.state == .finished) {
                 reader.head_buffer = in.steal(head_end);
                 reader.state = .received_head;
diff --git a/lib/std/http/Client.zig b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
index 2ff7ca4e73..9f614512e3 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Client.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ pub const Request = struct {
             _ = reader.discardRemaining() catch |err| switch (err) {
                 error.ReadFailed => return r.reader.body_err.?,
             };
+            r.reader.restituteHeadBuffer();
         }
         const new_uri = r.uri.resolveInPlace(location.len, aux_buf) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.UnexpectedCharacter => return error.HttpRedirectLocationInvalid,
@@ -1124,6 +1125,10 @@ pub const Request = struct {
         const new_connection = try r.client.connect(new_host, uriPort(new_uri, protocol), protocol);
         r.uri = new_uri;
         r.connection = new_connection;
+        r.reader = .{
+            .in = &new_connection.reader,
+            .state = .ready,
+        };
         r.redirect_behavior.subtractOne();
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/std/http/Server.zig b/lib/std/http/Server.zig
index d66663d5ff..c24dc719d8 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Server.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Server.zig
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ pub const Request = struct {
     };
 
     pub fn iterateHeaders(r: *Request) http.HeaderIterator {
+        assert(r.server.reader.state == .received_head);
         return http.HeaderIterator.init(r.server.reader.head_buffer);
     }
 
@@ -230,13 +231,11 @@ pub const Request = struct {
             "TRansfer-encoding:\tdeflate, chunked \r\n" ++
             "connectioN:\t keep-alive \r\n\r\n";
 
-        var br: std.io.BufferedReader = undefined;
-        br.initFixed(@constCast(request_bytes));
-
         var server: Server = .{
             .reader = .{
-                .in = &br,
-                .state = .ready,
+                .in = undefined,
+                .state = .received_head,
+                .head_buffer = @constCast(request_bytes),
             },
             .out = undefined,
         };
diff --git a/lib/std/http/test.zig b/lib/std/http/test.zig
index f5a68fed73..3a2eac7c95 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/test.zig
@@ -1158,7 +1158,8 @@ test "redirect to different connection" {
             const connection = try net_server.accept();
             defer connection.stream.close();
 
-            const new_loc = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&send_buffer, "http://127.0.0.1:{d}/ok", .{
+            var loc_buf: [50]u8 = undefined;
+            const new_loc = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&loc_buf, "http://127.0.0.1:{d}/ok", .{
                 global.other_port.?,
             });