diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnection.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnection.java
index dea38f8a3c9..5891c730ee7 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnection.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnection.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public class HttpConnection extends AbstractConnection implements Runnable, Http
             // Re-check the parser state after parsing to avoid filling,
             // otherwise fillRequestBuffer() would acquire a ByteBuffer
             // that may be leaked.
-            if (_parser.inContentState() || fillRequestBuffer() <= 0)
+            if (_parser.inContentState() && fillRequestBuffer() <= 0)
                 break;
         }
     }