Index: outgoing.c
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--- outgoing.c	(revision 1496)
+++ outgoing.c	(working copy)
@@ -1079,7 +1079,8 @@
         }
     }
     if ((events & APR_POLLHUP) != 0) {
-        return APR_ECONNRESET;
+        reset_connection(conn, 1);
+        return APR_SUCCESS;
     }
     if ((events & APR_POLLERR) != 0) {
         /* We might be talking to a buggy HTTP server that doesn't