diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c b/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c
index eed807d61..64fb07bde 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c
@@ -439,7 +439,11 @@ ngx_event_pipe_read_upstream(ngx_event_pipe_t *p)
         }
     }
 
-    if (p->cacheable && p->in) {
+    if (p->cacheable && (p->in || p->buf_to_file)) {
+
+        ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, p->log, 0,
+                       "pipe write chain");
+
         if (ngx_event_pipe_write_chain_to_temp_file(p) == NGX_ABORT) {
             return NGX_ABORT;
         }
@@ -515,15 +519,6 @@ ngx_event_pipe_write_to_downstream(ngx_event_pipe_t *p)
                 p->in = NULL;
             }
 
-            if (p->cacheable && p->buf_to_file) {
-                ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, p->log, 0,
-                               "pipe write chain");
-
-                if (ngx_event_pipe_write_chain_to_temp_file(p) == NGX_ABORT) {
-                    return NGX_ABORT;
-                }
-            }
-
             ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, p->log, 0,
                            "pipe write downstream done");
 
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 20722ac3f..012969170 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -2357,21 +2357,17 @@ ngx_http_upstream_send_response(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
 
     if (r->header_only) {
 
-        if (u->cacheable || u->store) {
-
-            if (ngx_shutdown_socket(c->fd, NGX_WRITE_SHUTDOWN) == -1) {
-                ngx_connection_error(c, ngx_socket_errno,
-                                     ngx_shutdown_socket_n " failed");
-            }
-
-            r->read_event_handler = ngx_http_request_empty_handler;
-            r->write_event_handler = ngx_http_request_empty_handler;
-            c->error = 1;
-
-        } else {
+        if (!u->buffering) {
             ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u, rc);
             return;
         }
+
+        if (!u->cacheable && !u->store) {
+            ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u, rc);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        u->pipe->downstream_error = 1;
     }
 
     if (r->request_body && r->request_body->temp_file) {