diff --git a/lib/progress.c b/lib/progress.c
index 8966854faa8b658c931e0a9c3658c4e436746868..1514e1edd77b8826387ee91c3ac66f85e04afd54 100644
--- a/lib/progress.c
+++ b/lib/progress.c
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ void Curl_pgrsStartNow(struct SessionHandle *data)
 {
   data->progress.speeder_c = 0; /* reset the progress meter display */
   data->progress.start = Curl_tvnow();
-  data->progress.flags &= PGRS_HIDE; /* clear all bits except HIDE */
+  /* clear all bits except HIDE and HEADERS_OUT */
+  data->progress.flags &= PGRS_HIDE|PGRS_HEADERS_OUT;
 }
 
 void Curl_pgrsSetDownloadCounter(struct SessionHandle *data, curl_off_t size)