diff --git a/include/common/htx.h b/include/common/htx.h
index 0eabf24..9f339b8 100644
--- a/include/common/htx.h
+++ b/include/common/htx.h
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
 /* Upate <buf> accordingly to the HTX message <htx> */
 static inline void htx_to_buf(struct htx *htx, struct buffer *buf)
 {
-	if (!htx->used) {
+	if (!htx->used && !(htx->flags & HTX_FL_PARSING_ERROR)) {
 		htx_reset(htx);
 		b_set_data(buf, 0);
 	}