diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index ae8318d09..a92a309c7 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ redo:
 		 * we simply reset msg->sov so that HTTP rewinding points to the
 		 * headers.
 		 */
-		if (s->txn)
+		if (IS_HTX_STRM(s) && s->txn)
 			s->txn->req.sov = s->txn->req.eoh + s->txn->req.eol - co_data(req);
 	}
 
@@ -2353,7 +2353,7 @@ redo:
 		 * we simply reset msg->sov so that HTTP rewinding points to the
 		 * headers.
 		 */
-		if (s->txn)
+		if (IS_HTX_STRM(s) && s->txn)
 			s->txn->rsp.sov = s->txn->rsp.eoh + s->txn->rsp.eol - co_data(res);
 
 		/* if we have no analyser anymore in any direction and have a