diff --git a/plugins/http_plugin/include/eosio/http_plugin/beast_http_session.hpp b/plugins/http_plugin/include/eosio/http_plugin/beast_http_session.hpp
index 2ac3ebb5a4..6496d51ac5 100644
--- a/plugins/http_plugin/include/eosio/http_plugin/beast_http_session.hpp
+++ b/plugins/http_plugin/include/eosio/http_plugin/beast_http_session.hpp
@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ class beast_http_session : public detail::abstract_conn,
 
    void on_read_header(beast::error_code ec, std::size_t /* bytes_transferred */) {
       if(ec) {
-         if(ec == http::error::end_of_stream) // other side closed the connection
+         // See on_read comment below
+         if(ec == http::error::end_of_stream || ec == asio::error::connection_reset)
             return do_eof();
-         
+
          return fail(ec, "read_header", plugin_state_.get_logger(), "closing connection");
       }