diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index 79de40c5f..caa072ff2 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -1808,6 +1808,10 @@ static void http_cache_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 	if (appctx->st0 == HTX_CACHE_HEADER) {
 		struct ist meth;
 
+		if (unlikely(applet_fl_test(appctx, APPCTX_FL_INBLK_ALLOC))) {
+			goto exit;
+		}
+
 		/* Headers must be dump at once. Otherwise it is an error */
 		ret = htx_cache_dump_msg(appctx, res_htx, len, HTX_BLK_EOH);
 		if (!ret || (htx_get_tail_type(res_htx) != HTX_BLK_EOH) ||
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 76fe2b70d..a7163732e 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -4494,7 +4494,7 @@ static void http_stats_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 	/* only proxy stats are available via http */
 	ctx->domain = STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY;
 
-	if (applet_fl_test(appctx, APPCTX_FL_OUTBLK_ALLOC|APPCTX_FL_OUTBLK_FULL))
+	if (applet_fl_test(appctx, APPCTX_FL_INBLK_ALLOC|APPCTX_FL_OUTBLK_ALLOC|APPCTX_FL_OUTBLK_FULL))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (applet_fl_test(appctx, APPCTX_FL_FASTFWD) && se_fl_test(appctx->sedesc, SE_FL_MAY_FASTFWD_PROD))