diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/dump.go b/src/net/http/httputil/dump.go
index 2edb9bc98d3bc8..23918e2ad4bbd5 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/dump.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/dump.go
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ func DumpRequestOut(req *http.Request, body bool) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	req.Body = save
 	if err != nil {
-		pw.Close()
 		dr.err = err
 		close(quitReadCh)
 		return nil, err