diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 16d619951f..529c3c907d 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -4039,9 +4039,13 @@ static CURLcode http_on_response(struct Curl_easy *data,
                 goto out;
             }
             data->state.disableexpect = TRUE;
+            Curl_req_abort_sending(data);
             DEBUGASSERT(!data->req.newurl);
             data->req.newurl = strdup(data->state.url);
-            Curl_req_abort_sending(data);
+            if(!data->req.newurl) {
+              result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+              goto out;
+            }
           }
           else if(data->set.http_keep_sending_on_error) {
             infof(data, "HTTP error before end of send, keep sending");