diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 256326afb5..1f41a90936 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -453,12 +453,12 @@ static int post_rpc(struct rpc_state *rpc)
 
 	headers = curl_slist_append(headers, rpc->hdr_content_type);
 	headers = curl_slist_append(headers, rpc->hdr_accept);
+	headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Expect:");
 
 	if (large_request) {
 		/* The request body is large and the size cannot be predicted.
 		 * We must use chunked encoding to send it.
 		 */
-		headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Expect:");
 		headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Transfer-Encoding: chunked");
 		rpc->initial_buffer = 1;
 		curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, rpc_out);