diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_static_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_static_module.c
index e9d2b39..ed360fa 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_static_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_static_module.c
@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
-    r->allow_ranges = 1;
-
-    if (r->header_only || (r->main != r && ngx_file_size(&fi) == 0)) {
+    if (r->main != r && ngx_file_size(&fi) == 0) {
         return ngx_http_send_header(r);
     }
 
+    r->allow_ranges = 1;
+
     /* we need to allocate all before the header would be sent */
 
     b = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_buf_t));