diff --git a/include/proto/h1.h b/include/proto/h1.h
index 22b5c6e89..7fd32241b 100644
--- a/include/proto/h1.h
+++ b/include/proto/h1.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ static inline int h1_parse_chunk_size(const struct buffer *buf, int start, int s
 static inline struct h1m *h1m_init(struct h1m *h1m)
 {
 	h1m->state = H1_MSG_RQBEFORE;
+	h1m->next = 0;
 	h1m->status = 0;
 	h1m->flags = 0;
 	h1m->curr_len = 0;
diff --git a/include/types/h1.h b/include/types/h1.h
index 85876086f..7d9c12e90 100644
--- a/include/types/h1.h
+++ b/include/types/h1.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ struct h1m {
 	uint32_t flags;             // H1 message flags (H1_MF_*)
 	uint64_t curr_len;          // content-length or last chunk length
 	uint64_t body_len;          // total known size of the body length
+	uint32_t next;              // next byte to parse, relative to buffer's head
 	int err_pos;                // position in the byte stream of the first error (H1 or H2)
 	int err_state;              // state where the first error was met (H1 or H2)
 };