diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index ceac8d307..092d25509 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -2015,9 +2015,9 @@ ngx_http_process_request_header(ngx_http_request_t *r)
     }
 
     if (r->headers_in.transfer_encoding) {
-        if (r->http_version < NGX_HTTP_VERSION_11) {
+        if (r->http_version != NGX_HTTP_VERSION_11) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, r->connection->log, 0,
-                          "client sent HTTP/1.0 request with "
+                          "client sent non-HTTP/1.1 request with "
                           "\"Transfer-Encoding\" header");
             ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST);
             return NGX_ERROR;