diff --git a/src/net/http/client.go b/src/net/http/client.go
index 67b2a89ac91..fda7815436c 100644
--- a/src/net/http/client.go
+++ b/src/net/http/client.go
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ func (c *Client) do(req *Request) (retres *Response, reterr error) {
 
 		// Redirect behavior:
 		redirectMethod string
-		includeBody    bool
+		includeBody    = true
 	)
 	uerr := func(err error) error {
 		// the body may have been closed already by c.send()
@@ -728,11 +728,16 @@ func (c *Client) do(req *Request) (retres *Response, reterr error) {
 			return nil, uerr(err)
 		}
 
-		var shouldRedirect bool
-		redirectMethod, shouldRedirect, includeBody = redirectBehavior(req.Method, resp, reqs[0])
+		var shouldRedirect, includeBodyOnHop bool
+		redirectMethod, shouldRedirect, includeBodyOnHop = redirectBehavior(req.Method, resp, reqs[0])
 		if !shouldRedirect {
 			return resp, nil
 		}
+		if !includeBodyOnHop {
+			// Once a hop drops the body, we never send it again
+			// (because we're now handling a redirect for a request with no body).
+			includeBody = false
+		}
 
 		req.closeBody()
 	}
diff --git a/src/net/http/client_test.go b/src/net/http/client_test.go
index 04e2e32cf07..429b8f1d2cd 100644
--- a/src/net/http/client_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/client_test.go
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func TestPostRedirects(t *testing.T) {
 		`POST /?code=307&next=303,308,302 "c307"`,
 		`POST /?code=303&next=308,302 "c307"`,
 		`GET /?code=308&next=302 ""`,
-		`GET /?code=302 "c307"`,
+		`GET /?code=302 ""`,
 		`GET / ""`,
 		`POST /?code=308&next=302,301 "c308"`,
 		`POST /?code=302&next=301 "c308"`,
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func TestDeleteRedirects(t *testing.T) {
 		`DELETE /?code=301&next=302,308 "c301"`,
 		`GET /?code=302&next=308 ""`,
 		`GET /?code=308 ""`,
-		`GET / "c301"`,
+		`GET / ""`,
 		`DELETE /?code=302&next=302 "c302"`,
 		`GET /?code=302 ""`,
 		`GET / ""`,
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func TestDeleteRedirects(t *testing.T) {
 		`DELETE /?code=307&next=301,308,303,302,304 "c307"`,
 		`DELETE /?code=301&next=308,303,302,304 "c307"`,
 		`GET /?code=308&next=303,302,304 ""`,
-		`GET /?code=303&next=302,304 "c307"`,
+		`GET /?code=303&next=302,304 ""`,
 		`GET /?code=302&next=304 ""`,
 		`GET /?code=304 ""`,
 		`DELETE /?code=308&next=307 "c308"`,