diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_empty_gif_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_empty_gif_module.c
index a896bd4..7cef538 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_empty_gif_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_empty_gif_module.c
@@ -111,19 +111,12 @@
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_empty_gif_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
-    ngx_int_t                 rc;
     ngx_http_complex_value_t  cv;
 
     if (!(r->method & (NGX_HTTP_GET|NGX_HTTP_HEAD))) {
         return NGX_HTTP_NOT_ALLOWED;
     }
 
-    rc = ngx_http_discard_request_body(r);
-
-    if (rc != NGX_OK) {
-        return rc;
-    }
-
     ngx_memzero(&cv, sizeof(ngx_http_complex_value_t));
 
     cv.value.len = sizeof(ngx_empty_gif);
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
index d51dc23..ae9d847 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -1784,6 +1784,10 @@
     ngx_buf_t    *b;
     ngx_chain_t   out;
 
+    if (ngx_http_discard_request_body(r) != NGX_OK) {
+        return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+    }
+
     r->headers_out.status = status;
 
     if (status == NGX_HTTP_NO_CONTENT) {