diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
index 745f73aa5..beafb6af8 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ found:
 
         while (*p && *p++ != CR) { /* void */ }
 
-        r->headers_out.content_length_n = ngx_atoof(len, p - len - 1);
-        if (r->headers_out.content_length_n == -1) {
+        u->headers_in.content_length_n = ngx_atoof(len, p - len - 1);
+        if (u->headers_in.content_length_n == -1) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
                           "memcached sent invalid length in response \"%V\" "
                           "for key \"%V\"",
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 3b32e27bb..faf69ecd4 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static void ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(ngx_http_request_t *r,
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_process_header_line(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
+static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_process_content_length(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_process_set_cookie(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
 static ngx_int_t
@@ -96,8 +98,6 @@ static ngx_int_t
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_copy_content_type(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
-static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_copy_content_length(ngx_http_request_t *r,
-    ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_copy_last_modified(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_rewrite_location(ngx_http_request_t *r,
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ ngx_http_upstream_header_t  ngx_http_upstream_headers_in[] = {
                  ngx_http_upstream_copy_content_type, 0, 1 },
 
     { ngx_string("Content-Length"),
-                 ngx_http_upstream_process_header_line,
+                 ngx_http_upstream_process_content_length,
                  offsetof(ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t, content_length),
-                 ngx_http_upstream_copy_content_length, 0, 0 },
+                 ngx_http_upstream_ignore_header_line, 0, 0 },
 
     { ngx_string("Date"),
                  ngx_http_upstream_process_header_line,
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ ngx_http_upstream_create(ngx_http_request_t *r)
     r->cache = NULL;
 #endif
 
+    u->headers_in.content_length_n = -1;
+
     return NGX_OK;
 }
 
@@ -800,6 +802,7 @@ ngx_http_upstream_cache_send(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
     u->buffer.pos += c->header_start;
 
     ngx_memzero(&u->headers_in, sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t));
+    u->headers_in.content_length_n = -1;
 
     if (ngx_list_init(&u->headers_in.headers, r->pool, 8,
                       sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t))
@@ -1295,6 +1298,7 @@ ngx_http_upstream_reinit(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
     }
 
     ngx_memzero(&u->headers_in, sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_headers_in_t));
+    u->headers_in.content_length_n = -1;
 
     if (ngx_list_init(&u->headers_in.headers, r->pool, 8,
                       sizeof(ngx_table_elt_t))
@@ -1936,10 +1940,10 @@ ngx_http_upstream_process_headers(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
     r->headers_out.status = u->headers_in.status_n;
     r->headers_out.status_line = u->headers_in.status_line;
 
-    u->headers_in.content_length_n = r->headers_out.content_length_n;
+    r->headers_out.content_length_n = u->headers_in.content_length_n;
 
-    if (r->headers_out.content_length_n != -1) {
-        u->length = (size_t) r->headers_out.content_length_n;
+    if (u->headers_in.content_length_n != -1) {
+        u->length = (size_t) u->headers_in.content_length_n;
 
     } else {
         u->length = NGX_MAX_SIZE_T_VALUE;
@@ -3077,6 +3081,21 @@ ngx_http_upstream_ignore_header_line(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
 }
 
 
+static ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_upstream_process_content_length(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_table_elt_t *h, ngx_uint_t offset)
+{
+    ngx_http_upstream_t  *u;
+
+    u = r->upstream;
+
+    u->headers_in.content_length = h;
+    u->headers_in.content_length_n = ngx_atoof(h->value.data, h->value.len);
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_upstream_process_set_cookie(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
     ngx_uint_t offset)
@@ -3445,26 +3464,6 @@ ngx_http_upstream_copy_content_type(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
 }
 
 
-static ngx_int_t
-ngx_http_upstream_copy_content_length(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
-    ngx_uint_t offset)
-{
-    ngx_table_elt_t  *ho;
-
-    ho = ngx_list_push(&r->headers_out.headers);
-    if (ho == NULL) {
-        return NGX_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    *ho = *h;
-
-    r->headers_out.content_length = ho;
-    r->headers_out.content_length_n = ngx_atoof(h->value.data, h->value.len);
-
-    return NGX_OK;
-}
-
-
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_upstream_copy_last_modified(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_table_elt_t *h,
     ngx_uint_t offset)