diff --git a/src/proto/conn.rs b/src/proto/conn.rs
index 823ae8b4bf..e6e09dd45c 100644
--- a/src/proto/conn.rs
+++ b/src/proto/conn.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,16 @@ where I: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite,
 
     pub fn can_read_head(&self) -> bool {
         match self.state.reading {
-            Reading::Init => true,
+            Reading::Init => {
+                if T::should_read_first() {
+                    true
+                } else {
+                    match self.state.writing {
+                        Writing::Init => false,
+                        _ => true,
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -840,25 +849,35 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_conn_init_read_eof_busy() {
-        // server ignores
-        let io = AsyncIo::new_buf(vec![], 1);
-        let mut conn = Conn::<_, proto::Chunk, ServerTransaction>::new(io, Default::default());
-        conn.state.busy();
+        let _: Result<(), ()> = future::lazy(|| {
+            // server ignores
+            let io = AsyncIo::new_buf(vec![], 1);
+            let mut conn = Conn::<_, proto::Chunk, ServerTransaction>::new(io, Default::default());
+            conn.state.busy();
 
-        match conn.poll().unwrap() {
-            Async::Ready(None) => {},
-            other => panic!("unexpected frame: {:?}", other)
-        }
+            match conn.poll().unwrap() {
+                Async::Ready(None) => {},
+                other => panic!("unexpected frame: {:?}", other)
+            }
 
-        // client, when busy, returns the error
-        let io = AsyncIo::new_buf(vec![], 1);
-        let mut conn = Conn::<_, proto::Chunk, ClientTransaction>::new(io, Default::default());
-        conn.state.busy();
+            // client
+            let io = AsyncIo::new_buf(vec![], 1);
+            let mut conn = Conn::<_, proto::Chunk, ClientTransaction>::new(io, Default::default());
+            conn.state.busy();
 
-        match conn.poll() {
-            Err(ref err) if err.kind() == ::std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {},
-            other => panic!("unexpected frame: {:?}", other)
-        }
+            match conn.poll() {
+                Ok(Async::NotReady) => {},
+                other => panic!("unexpected frame: {:?}", other)
+            }
+
+            // once mid-request, returns the error
+            conn.state.writing = super::Writing::KeepAlive;
+            match conn.poll() {
+                Err(ref err) if err.kind() == ::std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {},
+                other => panic!("unexpected frame: {:?}", other)
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        }).wait();
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/proto/h1/parse.rs b/src/proto/h1/parse.rs
index 93a96a6e7c..d993d928fd 100644
--- a/src/proto/h1/parse.rs
+++ b/src/proto/h1/parse.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ impl Http1Transaction for ServerTransaction {
     fn should_error_on_parse_eof() -> bool {
         false
     }
+
+    fn should_read_first() -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 }
 
 impl ServerTransaction {
@@ -289,6 +293,10 @@ impl Http1Transaction for ClientTransaction {
     fn should_error_on_parse_eof() -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn should_read_first() -> bool {
+        false
+    }
 }
 
 impl ClientTransaction {
diff --git a/src/proto/mod.rs b/src/proto/mod.rs
index 11552557ab..15de1345a9 100644
--- a/src/proto/mod.rs
+++ b/src/proto/mod.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ pub trait Http1Transaction {
     fn encode(head: MessageHead<Self::Outgoing>, has_body: bool, method: &mut Option<Method>, dst: &mut Vec<u8>) -> h1::Encoder;
 
     fn should_error_on_parse_eof() -> bool;
+    fn should_read_first() -> bool;
 }
 
 pub type ParseResult<T> = ::Result<Option<(MessageHead<T>, usize)>>;
diff --git a/tests/client.rs b/tests/client.rs
index 5a5cb5bfa6..2120b9dc32 100644
--- a/tests/client.rs
+++ b/tests/client.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,38 @@ test! {
             body: None,
 }
 
+test! {
+    name: client_pipeline_responses_extra,
+
+    server:
+        expected: "\
+            GET /pipe HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            Host: {addr}\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+        reply: "\
+            HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 0\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 0\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+
+    client:
+        request:
+            method: Get,
+            url: "http://{addr}/pipe",
+            headers: [],
+            body: None,
+            proxy: false,
+        response:
+            status: Ok,
+            headers: [],
+            body: None,
+}
+
+
 test! {
     name: client_error_unexpected_eof,