diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index 0bb122c..b908e29 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -1980,13 +1980,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (r->method == NGX_HTTP_TRACE) {
-        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
-                      "client sent TRACE method");
-        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_NOT_ALLOWED);
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
-
     if (r->headers_in.transfer_encoding) {
         if (r->headers_in.transfer_encoding->value.len == 7
             && ngx_strncasecmp(r->headers_in.transfer_encoding->value.data,
@@ -2013,6 +2006,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if (r->method == NGX_HTTP_TRACE) {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
+                      "client sent TRACE method");
+        ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_NOT_ALLOWED);
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
     return NGX_OK;
 }