diff --git a/src/net/http/serve_test.go b/src/net/http/serve_test.go
index 3bd3db4a69b..f3454848b75 100644
--- a/src/net/http/serve_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/serve_test.go
@@ -3381,6 +3381,31 @@ func TestHandlerFinishSkipBigContentLengthRead(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHandlerSetsBodyNil(t *testing.T) {
+	defer afterTest(t)
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
+		r.Body = nil
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v", r.RemoteAddr)
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+	get := func() string {
+		res, err := Get(ts.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer res.Body.Close()
+		slurp, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return string(slurp)
+	}
+	a, b := get(), get()
+	if a != b {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to reuse connections between requests: %v vs %v", a, b)
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkClientServer(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.StopTimer()
diff --git a/src/net/http/server.go b/src/net/http/server.go
index e8470efd6bd..979b2eb1e54 100644
--- a/src/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/net/http/server.go
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ func (cw *chunkWriter) close() {
 type response struct {
 	conn          *conn
 	req           *Request // request for this response
-	wroteHeader   bool     // reply header has been (logically) written
-	wroteContinue bool     // 100 Continue response was written
+	reqBody       io.ReadCloser
+	wroteHeader   bool // reply header has been (logically) written
+	wroteContinue bool // 100 Continue response was written
 
 	w  *bufio.Writer // buffers output in chunks to chunkWriter
 	cw chunkWriter
@@ -658,6 +659,7 @@ func (c *conn) readRequest() (w *response, err error) {
 	w = &response{
 		conn:          c,
 		req:           req,
+		reqBody:       req.Body,
 		handlerHeader: make(Header),
 		contentLength: -1,
 	}
@@ -1167,7 +1169,7 @@ func (w *response) finishRequest() {
 
 	// Close the body (regardless of w.closeAfterReply) so we can
 	// re-use its bufio.Reader later safely.
-	w.req.Body.Close()
+	w.reqBody.Close()
 
 	if w.req.MultipartForm != nil {
 		w.req.MultipartForm.RemoveAll()