diff --git a/wp-includes/http.php b/wp-includes/http.php
index 8b6b93e7af..1a4b408036 100644
--- a/wp-includes/http.php
+++ b/wp-includes/http.php
@@ -796,7 +796,9 @@ class WP_Http_ExtHTTP {
 
 		list($theHeaders, $theBody) = explode("\r\n\r\n", $strResponse, 2);
 		$theHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($theHeaders);
-		$theBody = http_chunked_decode($theBody);
+
+		if ( !empty($theBody) )
+			$theBody = http_chunked_decode($theBody);
 
 		$theResponse = array();
 		$theResponse['code'] = $info['response_code'];