diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index 85c9803..9e64fd2 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -1952,10 +1952,7 @@
             r->headers_in.content_length_n = -1;
             r->headers_in.chunked = 1;
 
-        } else if (r->headers_in.transfer_encoding->value.len != 8
-            || ngx_strncasecmp(r->headers_in.transfer_encoding->value.data,
-                               (u_char *) "identity", 8) != 0)
-        {
+        } else {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
                           "client sent unknown \"Transfer-Encoding\": \"%V\"",
                           &r->headers_in.transfer_encoding->value);