diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/HttpTransportOverSPDY.java b/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/HttpTransportOverSPDY.java
index 4c3a7c20bd1..ea8e35837b3 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/HttpTransportOverSPDY.java
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-http-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/server/http/HttpTransportOverSPDY.java
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ public class HttpTransportOverSPDY implements HttpTransport
         // info!=null content!=null lastContent==true           reply, commit with content and complete
 
         short version = stream.getSession().getVersion();
-        boolean isHeadRequest = HttpMethod.HEAD.name().equals(requestHeaders.get(HTTPSPDYHeader.METHOD.name(version))
-                .value());
+        boolean isHeadRequest = HttpMethod.HEAD.name().equalsIgnoreCase(requestHeaders.get(HTTPSPDYHeader.METHOD.name(version)).value());
         boolean hasContent = BufferUtil.hasContent(content) && !isHeadRequest;
 
         if (info != null)