diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index fd56c8e994547cddfe311e7bf61eab4b10e4c650..9f0556f76079c01bce3382f10bf286779ecaee83 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ static int http_connect(curl_socket_t infd,
         if(CURL_SOCKET_BAD == datafd)
           return 4; /* error! */
         logmsg("====> Client connect DATA");
+        req2.pipelining = FALSE;
         if(get_request(datafd, &req2))
           /* non-zero means error, break out of loop */
           break;