diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.c
index 0762ee529..4759308c2 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_xslt_send(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_xslt_filter_ctx_t *ctx, ngx_buf_t *b);
-static ngx_int_t ngx_http_xslt_filter_internal_error(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_xslt_add_chunk(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_xslt_filter_ctx_t *ctx, ngx_buf_t *b);
 
@@ -320,14 +319,15 @@ ngx_http_xslt_send(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_xslt_filter_ctx_t *ctx,
     ctx->done = 1;
 
     if (b == NULL) {
-        return ngx_http_xslt_filter_internal_error(r);
+        return ngx_http_filter_finalize_request(r,
+                                               NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
     }
 
     cln = ngx_pool_cleanup_add(r->pool, 0);
 
     if (cln == NULL) {
         ngx_free(b->pos);
-        return ngx_http_special_response_handler(r,
+        return ngx_http_filter_finalize_request(r,
                                                NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
     }
 
@@ -359,22 +359,6 @@ ngx_http_xslt_send(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_xslt_filter_ctx_t *ctx,
 }
 
 
-static ngx_int_t
-ngx_http_xslt_filter_internal_error(ngx_http_request_t *r)
-{
-    ngx_int_t  rc;
-
-    /* clear the modules contexts */
-    ngx_memzero(r->ctx, sizeof(void *) * ngx_http_max_module);
-
-    rc = ngx_http_special_response_handler(r, NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-
-    /* NGX_ERROR resets any pending data */
-
-    return (rc == NGX_OK) ? NGX_ERROR : rc;
-}
-
-
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_xslt_add_chunk(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_xslt_filter_ctx_t *ctx,
     ngx_buf_t *b)
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http.h b/src/http/ngx_http.h
index 89de976df..2c442be9f 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http.h
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ ngx_int_t ngx_http_read_client_request_body(ngx_http_request_t *r,
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_send_header(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 ngx_int_t ngx_http_special_response_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_int_t error);
+ngx_int_t ngx_http_filter_finalize_request(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_int_t error);
+void ngx_http_clean_header(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 
 
 time_t ngx_http_parse_time(u_char *value, size_t len);
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c b/src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c
index 007fac3d5..7d3fd43e9 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c
@@ -445,6 +445,40 @@ ngx_http_special_response_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_int_t error)
 }
 
 
+ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_filter_finalize_request(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_int_t error)
+{
+    ngx_int_t  rc;
+
+    ngx_http_clean_header(r);
+
+    /* clear the modules contexts */
+    ngx_memzero(r->ctx, sizeof(void *) * ngx_http_max_module);
+
+    rc = ngx_http_special_response_handler(r, error);
+
+    /* NGX_ERROR resets any pending data */
+
+    return (rc == NGX_OK) ? NGX_ERROR : rc;
+}
+
+
+void
+ngx_http_clean_header(ngx_http_request_t *r)
+{
+    ngx_memzero(&r->headers_out.status,
+                sizeof(ngx_http_headers_out_t)
+                    - offsetof(ngx_http_headers_out_t, status));
+
+    r->headers_out.headers.part.nelts = 0;
+    r->headers_out.headers.part.next = NULL;
+    r->headers_out.headers.last = &r->headers_out.headers.part;
+
+    r->headers_out.content_length_n = -1;
+    r->headers_out.last_modified_time = -1;
+}
+
+
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_send_error_page(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_err_page_t *err_page)
 {