@@ -221,11 +221,10 @@
 	@try {
 		_client = [client retain];
 		_request = [request retain];
 		_redirects = redirects;
 		_context = [context retain];
-		_firstLine = true;
 		_serverHeaders = [[OFMutableDictionary alloc] init];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw e;
 	}
@@ -541,10 +540,11 @@
 				forRequest: _request
 				   context: _context];
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	_firstLine = true;
 	[sock asyncReadLineWithTarget: self
 			     selector: @selector(socket:didReadLine:context:
 					   exception:)
 			      context: nil];
 	return 0;