diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Xamarin.Android.Net/AndroidMessageHandler.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Xamarin.Android.Net/AndroidMessageHandler.cs
index b31a8a804d1..fc446353310 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Xamarin.Android.Net/AndroidMessageHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Xamarin.Android.Net/AndroidMessageHandler.cs
@@ -582,12 +582,12 @@ internal Task WriteRequestContentToOutputInternal (HttpRequestMessage request, H
 					}
 				}
 
+				CopyHeaders (httpConnection, ret);
+				ParseCookies (ret, connectionUri);
+
 				if (disposeRet) {
 					ret.Dispose ();
 					ret = null!;
-				} else {
-					CopyHeaders (httpConnection, ret);
-					ParseCookies (ret, connectionUri);
 				}
 
 				// We don't want to pass the authorization header onto the next location