diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_limit_req_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_limit_req_module.c
index dad5edb..2b062a3 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_limit_req_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_limit_req_module.c
@@ -310,8 +310,13 @@
 
     r->main->limit_req_status = NGX_HTTP_LIMIT_REQ_DELAYED;
 
-    if (ngx_handle_read_event(r->connection->read, 0) != NGX_OK) {
-        return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+    if (r->connection->read->ready) {
+        ngx_post_event(r->connection->read, &ngx_posted_events);
+
+    } else {
+        if (ngx_handle_read_event(r->connection->read, 0) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        }
     }
 
     r->read_event_handler = ngx_http_test_reading;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
index 67476e7..9b94b32 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -1190,8 +1190,13 @@
     ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
                   "delaying unauthorized request");
 
-    if (ngx_handle_read_event(r->connection->read, 0) != NGX_OK) {
-        return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+    if (r->connection->read->ready) {
+        ngx_post_event(r->connection->read, &ngx_posted_events);
+
+    } else {
+        if (ngx_handle_read_event(r->connection->read, 0) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        }
     }
 
     r->read_event_handler = ngx_http_test_reading;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index bd1627c..1016afa 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -608,9 +608,14 @@
 
     if (!u->store && !r->post_action && !u->conf->ignore_client_abort) {
 
-        if (ngx_handle_read_event(r->connection->read, 0) != NGX_OK) {
-            ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-            return;
+        if (r->connection->read->ready) {
+            ngx_post_event(r->connection->read, &ngx_posted_events);
+
+        } else {
+            if (ngx_handle_read_event(r->connection->read, 0) != NGX_OK) {
+                ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         r->read_event_handler = ngx_http_upstream_rd_check_broken_connection;