diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geo_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geo_module.c
index 153b6aa..ef4e9b8 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geo_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geo_module.c
@@ -327,15 +327,15 @@
 ngx_http_geo_addr(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_geo_ctx_t *ctx,
     ngx_addr_t *addr)
 {
-    ngx_array_t  *xfwd;
+    ngx_table_elt_t  *xfwd;
 
     if (ngx_http_geo_real_addr(r, ctx, addr) != NGX_OK) {
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
-    xfwd = &r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
+    xfwd = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
 
-    if (xfwd->nelts > 0 && ctx->proxies != NULL) {
+    if (xfwd != NULL && ctx->proxies != NULL) {
         (void) ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr(r, addr, xfwd, NULL,
                                            ctx->proxies, ctx->proxy_recursive);
     }
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.c
index 5ea4f5f..eaf9876 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.c
@@ -240,16 +240,16 @@
 ngx_http_geoip_addr(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_geoip_conf_t *gcf)
 {
     ngx_addr_t           addr;
-    ngx_array_t         *xfwd;
+    ngx_table_elt_t     *xfwd;
     struct sockaddr_in  *sin;
 
     addr.sockaddr = r->connection->sockaddr;
     addr.socklen = r->connection->socklen;
     /* addr.name = r->connection->addr_text; */
 
-    xfwd = &r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
+    xfwd = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
 
-    if (xfwd->nelts > 0 && gcf->proxies != NULL) {
+    if (xfwd != NULL && gcf->proxies != NULL) {
         (void) ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr(r, &addr, xfwd, NULL,
                                            gcf->proxies, gcf->proxy_recursive);
     }
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 ngx_http_geoip_addr_v6(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_geoip_conf_t *gcf)
 {
     ngx_addr_t            addr;
-    ngx_array_t          *xfwd;
+    ngx_table_elt_t      *xfwd;
     in_addr_t             addr4;
     struct in6_addr       addr6;
     struct sockaddr_in   *sin;
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@
     addr.socklen = r->connection->socklen;
     /* addr.name = r->connection->addr_text; */
 
-    xfwd = &r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
+    xfwd = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
 
-    if (xfwd->nelts > 0 && gcf->proxies != NULL) {
+    if (xfwd != NULL && gcf->proxies != NULL) {
         (void) ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr(r, &addr, xfwd, NULL,
                                            gcf->proxies, gcf->proxy_recursive);
     }
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_headers_filter_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_headers_filter_module.c
index a4c8cc2..995beb4 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_headers_filter_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_headers_filter_module.c
@@ -329,8 +329,7 @@
     time_t               now, expires_time, max_age;
     ngx_str_t            value;
     ngx_int_t            rc;
-    ngx_uint_t           i;
-    ngx_table_elt_t     *e, *cc, **ccp;
+    ngx_table_elt_t     *e, *cc;
     ngx_http_expires_t   expires;
 
     expires = conf->expires;
@@ -371,38 +370,28 @@
     len = sizeof("Mon, 28 Sep 1970 06:00:00 GMT");
     e->value.len = len - 1;
 
-    ccp = r->headers_out.cache_control.elts;
+    cc = r->headers_out.cache_control;
 
-    if (ccp == NULL) {
-
-        if (ngx_array_init(&r->headers_out.cache_control, r->pool,
-                           1, sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t *))
-            != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
+    if (cc == NULL) {
 
         cc = ngx_list_push(&r->headers_out.headers);
         if (cc == NULL) {
             return NGX_ERROR;
         }
 
+        r->headers_out.cache_control = cc;
+        cc->next = NULL;
+
         cc->hash = 1;
         ngx_str_set(&cc->key, "Cache-Control");
 
-        ccp = ngx_array_push(&r->headers_out.cache_control);
-        if (ccp == NULL) {
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        *ccp = cc;
-
     } else {
-        for (i = 1; i < r->headers_out.cache_control.nelts; i++) {
-            ccp[i]->hash = 0;
+        for (cc = cc->next; cc; cc = cc->next) {
+            cc->hash = 0;
         }
 
-        cc = ccp[0];
+        cc = r->headers_out.cache_control;
+        cc->next = NULL;
     }
 
     if (expires == NGX_HTTP_EXPIRES_EPOCH) {
@@ -564,22 +553,12 @@
 ngx_http_add_multi_header_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_header_val_t *hv, ngx_str_t *value)
 {
-    ngx_array_t      *pa;
     ngx_table_elt_t  *h, **ph;
 
     if (value->len == 0) {
         return NGX_OK;
     }
 
-    pa = (ngx_array_t *) ((char *) &r->headers_out + hv->offset);
-
-    if (pa->elts == NULL) {
-        if (ngx_array_init(pa, r->pool, 1, sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t *)) != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
     h = ngx_list_push(&r->headers_out.headers);
     if (h == NULL) {
         return NGX_ERROR;
@@ -589,12 +568,12 @@
     h->key = hv->key;
     h->value = *value;
 
-    ph = ngx_array_push(pa);
-    if (ph == NULL) {
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
+    ph = (ngx_table_elt_t **) ((char *) &r->headers_out + hv->offset);
+
+    while (*ph) { ph = &(*ph)->next; }
 
     *ph = h;
+    h->next = NULL;
 
     return NGX_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
index 7c4061c..644dacd 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
@@ -2559,22 +2559,20 @@
 ngx_http_proxy_add_x_forwarded_for_variable(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data)
 {
-    size_t             len;
-    u_char            *p;
-    ngx_uint_t         i, n;
-    ngx_table_elt_t  **h;
+    size_t            len;
+    u_char           *p;
+    ngx_table_elt_t  *h, *xfwd;
 
     v->valid = 1;
     v->no_cacheable = 0;
     v->not_found = 0;
 
-    n = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for.nelts;
-    h = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for.elts;
+    xfwd = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
 
     len = 0;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-        len += h[i]->value.len + sizeof(", ") - 1;
+    for (h = xfwd; h; h = h->next) {
+        len += h->value.len + sizeof(", ") - 1;
     }
 
     if (len == 0) {
@@ -2593,8 +2591,8 @@
     v->len = len;
     v->data = p;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-        p = ngx_copy(p, h[i]->value.data, h[i]->value.len);
+    for (h = xfwd; h; h = h->next) {
+        p = ngx_copy(p, h->value.data, h->value.len);
         *p++ = ','; *p++ = ' ';
     }
 
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c
index 9586ebe..f6731e7 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@
     ngx_str_t                   *value;
     ngx_uint_t                   i, hash;
     ngx_addr_t                   addr;
-    ngx_array_t                 *xfwd;
     ngx_list_part_t             *part;
-    ngx_table_elt_t             *header;
+    ngx_table_elt_t             *header, *xfwd;
     ngx_connection_t            *c;
     ngx_http_realip_ctx_t       *ctx;
     ngx_http_realip_loc_conf_t  *rlcf;
@@ -168,9 +167,9 @@
 
     case NGX_HTTP_REALIP_XFWD:
 
-        xfwd = &r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
+        xfwd = r->headers_in.x_forwarded_for;
 
-        if (xfwd->elts == NULL) {
+        if (xfwd == NULL) {
             return NGX_DECLINED;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_userid_filter_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_userid_filter_module.c
index 1e33c5c..e528444 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_userid_filter_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_userid_filter_module.c
@@ -319,10 +319,9 @@
 static ngx_http_userid_ctx_t *
 ngx_http_userid_get_uid(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_userid_conf_t *conf)
 {
-    ngx_int_t                n;
-    ngx_str_t                src, dst;
-    ngx_table_elt_t        **cookies;
-    ngx_http_userid_ctx_t   *ctx;
+    ngx_str_t               src, dst;
+    ngx_table_elt_t        *cookie;
+    ngx_http_userid_ctx_t  *ctx;
 
     ctx = ngx_http_get_module_ctx(r, ngx_http_userid_filter_module);
 
@@ -339,9 +338,9 @@
         ngx_http_set_ctx(r, ctx, ngx_http_userid_filter_module);
     }
 
-    n = ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(&r->headers_in.cookies, &conf->name,
-                                          &ctx->cookie);
-    if (n == NGX_DECLINED) {
+    cookie = ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(r, r->headers_in.cookie,
+                                               &conf->name, &ctx->cookie);
+    if (cookie == NULL) {
         return ctx;
     }
 
@@ -349,10 +348,9 @@
                    "uid cookie: \"%V\"", &ctx->cookie);
 
     if (ctx->cookie.len < 22) {
-        cookies = r->headers_in.cookies.elts;
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
                       "client sent too short userid cookie \"%V\"",
-                      &cookies[n]->value);
+                      &cookie->value);
         return ctx;
     }
 
@@ -370,10 +368,9 @@
     dst.data = (u_char *) ctx->uid_got;
 
     if (ngx_decode_base64(&dst, &src) == NGX_ERROR) {
-        cookies = r->headers_in.cookies.elts;
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
                       "client sent invalid userid cookie \"%V\"",
-                      &cookies[n]->value);
+                      &cookie->value);
         return ctx;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/http/modules/perl/nginx.xs b/src/http/modules/perl/nginx.xs
index caf7c08..e2180e6 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/perl/nginx.xs
+++ b/src/http/modules/perl/nginx.xs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 
     if (hh) {
 
-        if (hh->offset == offsetof(ngx_http_headers_in_t, cookies)) {
+        if (hh->offset == offsetof(ngx_http_headers_in_t, cookie)) {
             sep = ';';
             goto multi;
         }
@@ -327,17 +327,13 @@
 
         /* Cookie, X-Forwarded-For */
 
-        a = (ngx_array_t *) ((char *) &r->headers_in + hh->offset);
+        ph = (ngx_table_elt_t **) ((char *) &r->headers_in + hh->offset);
 
-        n = a->nelts;
-
-        if (n == 0) {
+        if (*ph == NULL) {
             XSRETURN_UNDEF;
         }
 
-        ph = a->elts;
-
-        if (n == 1) {
+        if ((*ph)->next == NULL) {
             ngx_http_perl_set_targ((*ph)->value.data, (*ph)->value.len);
 
             goto done;
@@ -345,8 +341,8 @@
 
         size = - (ssize_t) (sizeof("; ") - 1);
 
-        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-            size += ph[i]->value.len + sizeof("; ") - 1;
+        for (h = *ph; h; h = h->next) {
+            size += h->value.len + sizeof("; ") - 1;
         }
 
         value = ngx_pnalloc(r->pool, size);
@@ -357,10 +353,10 @@
 
         p = value;
 
-        for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
-            p = ngx_copy(p, ph[i]->value.data, ph[i]->value.len);
+        for (h = *ph; h; h = h->next) {
+            p = ngx_copy(p, h->value.data, h->value.len);
 
-            if (i == n - 1) {
+            if (h->next == NULL) {
                 break;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http.h b/src/http/ngx_http.h
index be8b7cd..a7f312f 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http.h
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@
     ngx_str_t *args, ngx_uint_t *flags);
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_parse_header_line(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_buf_t *b,
     ngx_uint_t allow_underscores);
-ngx_int_t ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(ngx_array_t *headers,
-    ngx_str_t *name, ngx_str_t *value);
-ngx_int_t ngx_http_parse_set_cookie_lines(ngx_array_t *headers,
-    ngx_str_t *name, ngx_str_t *value);
+ngx_table_elt_t *ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *headers, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_str_t *value);
+ngx_table_elt_t *ngx_http_parse_set_cookie_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *headers, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_str_t *value);
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_arg(ngx_http_request_t *r, u_char *name, size_t len,
     ngx_str_t *value);
 void ngx_http_split_args(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *uri,
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
index ad8caad..afb0862 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -2024,8 +2024,7 @@
 {
     time_t                     date, expires;
     ngx_uint_t                 p;
-    ngx_array_t               *cc;
-    ngx_table_elt_t           *e, *d, *ae;
+    ngx_table_elt_t           *e, *d, *ae, *cc;
     ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
 
     r->gzip_tested = 1;
@@ -2118,30 +2117,30 @@
         return NGX_DECLINED;
     }
 
-    cc = &r->headers_out.cache_control;
+    cc = r->headers_out.cache_control;
 
-    if (cc->elts) {
+    if (cc) {
 
         if ((p & NGX_HTTP_GZIP_PROXIED_NO_CACHE)
-            && ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(cc, &ngx_http_gzip_no_cache,
+            && ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(r, cc, &ngx_http_gzip_no_cache,
                                                  NULL)
-               >= 0)
+               != NULL)
         {
             goto ok;
         }
 
         if ((p & NGX_HTTP_GZIP_PROXIED_NO_STORE)
-            && ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(cc, &ngx_http_gzip_no_store,
+            && ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(r, cc, &ngx_http_gzip_no_store,
                                                  NULL)
-               >= 0)
+               != NULL)
         {
             goto ok;
         }
 
         if ((p & NGX_HTTP_GZIP_PROXIED_PRIVATE)
-            && ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(cc, &ngx_http_gzip_private,
+            && ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(r, cc, &ngx_http_gzip_private,
                                                  NULL)
-               >= 0)
+               != NULL)
         {
             goto ok;
         }
@@ -2712,12 +2711,12 @@
 
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_addr_t *addr,
-    ngx_array_t *headers, ngx_str_t *value, ngx_array_t *proxies,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *headers, ngx_str_t *value, ngx_array_t *proxies,
     int recursive)
 {
-    ngx_int_t          rc;
-    ngx_uint_t         i, found;
-    ngx_table_elt_t  **h;
+    ngx_int_t         rc;
+    ngx_uint_t        found;
+    ngx_table_elt_t  *h, *next;
 
     if (headers == NULL) {
         return ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr_internal(r, addr, value->data,
@@ -2725,16 +2724,23 @@
                                                     recursive);
     }
 
-    i = headers->nelts;
-    h = headers->elts;
+    /* revert headers order */
+
+    for (h = headers, headers = NULL; h; h = next) {
+        next = h->next;
+        h->next = headers;
+        headers = h;
+    }
+
+    /* iterate over all headers in reverse order */
 
     rc = NGX_DECLINED;
 
     found = 0;
 
-    while (i-- > 0) {
-        rc = ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr_internal(r, addr, h[i]->value.data,
-                                                  h[i]->value.len, proxies,
+    for (h = headers; h; h = h->next) {
+        rc = ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr_internal(r, addr, h->value.data,
+                                                  h->value.len, proxies,
                                                   recursive);
 
         if (!recursive) {
@@ -2753,6 +2759,14 @@
         found = 1;
     }
 
+    /* restore headers order */
+
+    for (h = headers, headers = NULL; h; h = next) {
+        next = h->next;
+        h->next = headers;
+        headers = h;
+    }
+
     return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
index 7ba6494..49bbd4a 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
     ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t *clcf, ngx_str_t *path, ngx_open_file_info_t *of);
 
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_get_forwarded_addr(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_addr_t *addr,
-    ngx_array_t *headers, ngx_str_t *value, ngx_array_t *proxies,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *headers, ngx_str_t *value, ngx_array_t *proxies,
     int recursive);
 
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_link_multi_headers(ngx_http_request_t *r);
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
index 6460da2..d4f2dae 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
@@ -1960,27 +1960,24 @@
 }
 
 
-ngx_int_t
-ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(ngx_array_t *headers, ngx_str_t *name,
-    ngx_str_t *value)
+ngx_table_elt_t *
+ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *headers, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_str_t *value)
 {
-    ngx_uint_t         i;
-    u_char            *start, *last, *end, ch;
-    ngx_table_elt_t  **h;
+    u_char           *start, *last, *end, ch;
+    ngx_table_elt_t  *h;
 
-    h = headers->elts;
+    for (h = headers; h; h = h->next) {
 
-    for (i = 0; i < headers->nelts; i++) {
+        ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
+                       "parse header: \"%V: %V\"", &h->key, &h->value);
 
-        ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, headers->pool->log, 0,
-                       "parse header: \"%V: %V\"", &h[i]->key, &h[i]->value);
-
-        if (name->len > h[i]->value.len) {
+        if (name->len > h->value.len) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        start = h[i]->value.data;
-        end = h[i]->value.data + h[i]->value.len;
+        start = h->value.data;
+        end = h->value.data + h->value.len;
 
         while (start < end) {
 
@@ -1994,7 +1991,7 @@
 
             if (value == NULL) {
                 if (start == end || *start == ',') {
-                    return i;
+                    return h;
                 }
 
                 goto skip;
@@ -2014,7 +2011,7 @@
             value->len = last - start;
             value->data = start;
 
-            return i;
+            return h;
 
         skip:
 
@@ -2029,31 +2026,28 @@
         }
     }
 
-    return NGX_DECLINED;
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 
-ngx_int_t
-ngx_http_parse_set_cookie_lines(ngx_array_t *headers, ngx_str_t *name,
-    ngx_str_t *value)
+ngx_table_elt_t *
+ngx_http_parse_set_cookie_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *headers, ngx_str_t *name, ngx_str_t *value)
 {
-    ngx_uint_t         i;
-    u_char            *start, *last, *end;
-    ngx_table_elt_t  **h;
+    u_char           *start, *last, *end;
+    ngx_table_elt_t  *h;
 
-    h = headers->elts;
+    for (h = headers; h; h = h->next) {
 
-    for (i = 0; i < headers->nelts; i++) {
+        ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
+                       "parse header: \"%V: %V\"", &h->key, &h->value);
 
-        ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, headers->pool->log, 0,
-                       "parse header: \"%V: %V\"", &h[i]->key, &h[i]->value);
-
-        if (name->len >= h[i]->value.len) {
+        if (name->len >= h->value.len) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        start = h[i]->value.data;
-        end = h[i]->value.data + h[i]->value.len;
+        start = h->value.data;
+        end = h->value.data + h->value.len;
 
         if (ngx_strncasecmp(start, name->data, name->len) != 0) {
             continue;
@@ -2077,10 +2071,10 @@
         value->len = last - start;
         value->data = start;
 
-        return i;
+        return h;
     }
 
-    return NGX_DECLINED;
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index 44e4d89..57fdd2f 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
                  ngx_http_process_header_line },
 #endif
 
-    { ngx_string("Cookie"), offsetof(ngx_http_headers_in_t, cookies),
+    { ngx_string("Cookie"), offsetof(ngx_http_headers_in_t, cookie),
                  ngx_http_process_multi_header_lines },
 
     { ngx_null_string, 0, NULL }
@@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@
 
     if (*ph == NULL) {
         *ph = h;
+        h->next = NULL;
     }
 
     return NGX_OK;
@@ -1760,6 +1761,7 @@
 
     if (*ph == NULL) {
         *ph = h;
+        h->next = NULL;
         return NGX_OK;
     }
 
@@ -1792,6 +1794,7 @@
     }
 
     r->headers_in.host = h;
+    h->next = NULL;
 
     host = h->value;
 
@@ -1853,6 +1856,7 @@
     }
 
     r->headers_in.user_agent = h;
+    h->next = NULL;
 
     /* check some widespread browsers while the header is in CPU cache */
 
@@ -1919,27 +1923,15 @@
 ngx_http_process_multi_header_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
     ngx_uint_t offset)
 {
-    ngx_array_t       *headers;
     ngx_table_elt_t  **ph;
 
-    headers = (ngx_array_t *) ((char *) &r->headers_in + offset);
+    ph = (ngx_table_elt_t **) ((char *) &r->headers_in + offset);
 
-    if (headers->elts == NULL) {
-        if (ngx_array_init(headers, r->pool, 1, sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t *))
-            != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            ngx_http_close_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
-    ph = ngx_array_push(headers);
-    if (ph == NULL) {
-        ngx_http_close_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
+    while (*ph) { ph = &(*ph)->next; }
 
     *ph = h;
+    h->next = NULL;
+
     return NGX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.h b/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
index 5216579..8c9eed2 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     ngx_table_elt_t                  *keep_alive;
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)
-    ngx_array_t                       x_forwarded_for;
+    ngx_table_elt_t                  *x_forwarded_for;
 #endif
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_REALIP)
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@
     ngx_table_elt_t                  *date;
 #endif
 
+    ngx_table_elt_t                  *cookie;
+
     ngx_str_t                         user;
     ngx_str_t                         passwd;
 
-    ngx_array_t                       cookies;
-
     ngx_str_t                         server;
     off_t                             content_length_n;
     time_t                            keep_alive_n;
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
     ngx_table_elt_t                  *expires;
     ngx_table_elt_t                  *etag;
 
+    ngx_table_elt_t                  *cache_control;
+    ngx_table_elt_t                  *link;
+
     ngx_str_t                        *override_charset;
 
     size_t                            content_type_len;
@@ -282,9 +285,6 @@
     u_char                           *content_type_lowcase;
     ngx_uint_t                        content_type_hash;
 
-    ngx_array_t                       cache_control;
-    ngx_array_t                       link;
-
     off_t                             content_length_n;
     off_t                             content_offset;
     time_t                            date_time;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 46fde83..99d72be 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 
     { ngx_string("Set-Cookie"),
                  ngx_http_upstream_process_set_cookie,
-                 offsetof(ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t, cookies),
+                 offsetof(ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t, set_cookie),
                  ngx_http_upstream_rewrite_set_cookie, 0, 1 },
 
     { ngx_string("Content-Disposition"),
@@ -4666,26 +4666,16 @@
 ngx_http_upstream_process_set_cookie(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
     ngx_uint_t offset)
 {
-    ngx_array_t           *pa;
     ngx_table_elt_t      **ph;
     ngx_http_upstream_t   *u;
 
     u = r->upstream;
-    pa = &u->headers_in.cookies;
+    ph = &u->headers_in.set_cookie;
 
-    if (pa->elts == NULL) {
-        if (ngx_array_init(pa, r->pool, 1, sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t *)) != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
-    ph = ngx_array_push(pa);
-    if (ph == NULL) {
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
+    while (*ph) { ph = &(*ph)->next; }
 
     *ph = h;
+    h->next = NULL;
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_CACHE)
     if (!(u->conf->ignore_headers & NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_IGN_SET_COOKIE)) {
@@ -4701,26 +4691,16 @@
 ngx_http_upstream_process_cache_control(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset)
 {
-    ngx_array_t          *pa;
     ngx_table_elt_t     **ph;
     ngx_http_upstream_t  *u;
 
     u = r->upstream;
-    pa = &u->headers_in.cache_control;
+    ph = &u->headers_in.cache_control;
 
-    if (pa->elts == NULL) {
-        if (ngx_array_init(pa, r->pool, 2, sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t *)) != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
-    ph = ngx_array_push(pa);
-    if (ph == NULL) {
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
+    while (*ph) { ph = &(*ph)->next; }
 
     *ph = h;
+    h->next = NULL;
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_CACHE)
     {
@@ -5103,18 +5083,8 @@
 ngx_http_upstream_copy_multi_header_lines(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset)
 {
-    ngx_array_t      *pa;
     ngx_table_elt_t  *ho, **ph;
 
-    pa = (ngx_array_t *) ((char *) &r->headers_out + offset);
-
-    if (pa->elts == NULL) {
-        if (ngx_array_init(pa, r->pool, 2, sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t *)) != NGX_OK)
-        {
-            return NGX_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
     ho = ngx_list_push(&r->headers_out.headers);
     if (ho == NULL) {
         return NGX_ERROR;
@@ -5122,12 +5092,12 @@
 
     *ho = *h;
 
-    ph = ngx_array_push(pa);
-    if (ph == NULL) {
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
+    ph = (ngx_table_elt_t **) ((char *) &r->headers_out + offset);
+
+    while (*ph) { ph = &(*ph)->next; }
 
     *ph = ho;
+    ho->next = NULL;
 
     return NGX_OK;
 }
@@ -5740,9 +5710,9 @@
     s.len = name->len - (sizeof("upstream_cookie_") - 1);
     s.data = name->data + sizeof("upstream_cookie_") - 1;
 
-    if (ngx_http_parse_set_cookie_lines(&r->upstream->headers_in.cookies,
+    if (ngx_http_parse_set_cookie_lines(r, r->upstream->headers_in.set_cookie,
                                         &s, &cookie)
-        == NGX_DECLINED)
+        == NULL)
     {
         v->not_found = 1;
         return NGX_OK;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
index 3db7b06..18a9c57 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@
     ngx_table_elt_t                 *content_encoding;
 #endif
 
-    ngx_array_t                      cache_control;
-    ngx_array_t                      cookies;
+    ngx_table_elt_t                 *cache_control;
+    ngx_table_elt_t                 *set_cookie;
 
     off_t                            content_length_n;
     time_t                           last_modified_time;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c b/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c
index b0f06ac..69462f1 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 #endif
 
     { ngx_string("http_cookie"), NULL, ngx_http_variable_cookies,
-      offsetof(ngx_http_request_t, headers_in.cookies), 0, 0 },
+      offsetof(ngx_http_request_t, headers_in.cookie), 0, 0 },
 
     { ngx_string("content_length"), NULL, ngx_http_variable_content_length,
       0, 0, 0 },
@@ -846,26 +846,21 @@
 ngx_http_variable_headers_internal(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data, u_char sep)
 {
-    size_t             len;
-    u_char            *p, *end;
-    ngx_uint_t         i, n;
-    ngx_array_t       *a;
-    ngx_table_elt_t  **h;
+    size_t            len;
+    u_char           *p;
+    ngx_table_elt_t  *h, *th;
 
-    a = (ngx_array_t *) ((char *) r + data);
-
-    n = a->nelts;
-    h = a->elts;
+    h = *(ngx_table_elt_t **) ((char *) r + data);
 
     len = 0;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    for (th = h; th; th = th->next) {
 
-        if (h[i]->hash == 0) {
+        if (th->hash == 0) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        len += h[i]->value.len + 2;
+        len += th->value.len + 2;
     }
 
     if (len == 0) {
@@ -879,9 +874,9 @@
     v->no_cacheable = 0;
     v->not_found = 0;
 
-    if (n == 1) {
-        v->len = (*h)->value.len;
-        v->data = (*h)->value.data;
+    if (h->next == NULL) {
+        v->len = h->value.len;
+        v->data = h->value.data;
 
         return NGX_OK;
     }
@@ -894,17 +889,15 @@
     v->len = len;
     v->data = p;
 
-    end = p + len;
+    for (th = h; th; th = th->next) {
 
-    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
-
-        if (h[i]->hash == 0) {
+        if (th->hash == 0) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        p = ngx_copy(p, h[i]->value.data, h[i]->value.len);
+        p = ngx_copy(p, th->value.data, th->value.len);
 
-        if (p == end) {
+        if (th->next == NULL) {
             break;
         }
 
@@ -1102,8 +1095,8 @@
     s.len = name->len - (sizeof("cookie_") - 1);
     s.data = name->data + sizeof("cookie_") - 1;
 
-    if (ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(&r->headers_in.cookies, &s, &cookie)
-        == NGX_DECLINED)
+    if (ngx_http_parse_multi_header_lines(r, r->headers_in.cookie, &s, &cookie)
+        == NULL)
     {
         v->not_found = 1;
         return NGX_OK;
diff --git a/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c b/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c
index 62b6a04..5f8626a 100644
--- a/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c
+++ b/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c
@@ -674,14 +674,14 @@
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_v2_push_resources(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
-    u_char                     *start, *end, *last;
-    ngx_int_t                   rc;
-    ngx_str_t                   path;
-    ngx_uint_t                  i, push;
-    ngx_table_elt_t           **h;
-    ngx_http_v2_loc_conf_t     *h2lcf;
-    ngx_http_complex_value_t   *pushes;
-    ngx_str_t                   binary[NGX_HTTP_V2_PUSH_HEADERS];
+    u_char                    *start, *end, *last;
+    ngx_int_t                  rc;
+    ngx_str_t                  path;
+    ngx_uint_t                 i, push;
+    ngx_table_elt_t           *h;
+    ngx_http_v2_loc_conf_t    *h2lcf;
+    ngx_http_complex_value_t  *pushes;
+    ngx_str_t                  binary[NGX_HTTP_V2_PUSH_HEADERS];
 
     ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
                    "http2 push resources");
@@ -725,15 +725,13 @@
         return NGX_OK;
     }
 
-    h = r->headers_out.link.elts;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < r->headers_out.link.nelts; i++) {
+    for (h = r->headers_out.link; h; h = h->next) {
 
         ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
-                       "http2 parse link: \"%V\"", &h[i]->value);
+                       "http2 parse link: \"%V\"", &h->value);
 
-        start = h[i]->value.data;
-        end = h[i]->value.data + h[i]->value.len;
+        start = h->value.data;
+        end = h->value.data + h->value.len;
 
     next_link: