diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 70164c47a8..bd2e427380 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ int esp_http_client_read(esp_http_client_handle_t client, char *buffer, int len)
 esp_err_t esp_http_client_perform(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 {
     esp_err_t err;
-    do {
+    //do {
         if (client->process_again) {
             esp_http_client_prepare(client);
         }
@@ -1487,8 +1487,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_perform(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
                 default:
                 break;
         }
-    } while (client->process_again);
-    return ESP_OK;
+    //} while (client->process_again);
+    //return ESP_OK;
+    return client->process_again ? EAGAIN : ESP_OK;
 }
 
 int64_t esp_http_client_fetch_headers(esp_http_client_handle_t client)