diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index ff22f49901edc6476180a66be465ee946e9a209a..1fd1ed4c1dffec63d4f458959355b3dbabde4c74 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -1202,9 +1202,9 @@ function httprl_send_request($results = NULL) {
             // Now that we have the headers, increase the chunk size.
             $responses[$id]->chunk_size = $responses[$id]->options['chunk_size_read'];
 
-            // If a range header is set and a 200 was returned, calculate how
-            // many bytes need to be downloaded.
-            if (!empty($responses[$id]->options['headers']['Range']) && $responses[$id]->code == 200) {
+            // If a range header is set, 200 was returned, and method is GET
+            // calculate how many bytes need to be downloaded.
+            if (!empty($responses[$id]->options['headers']['Range']) && $responses[$id]->code == 200 && $responses[$id]->method == 'GET') {
               $responses[$id]->ranges = httprl_get_ranges($responses[$id]->options['headers']['Range']);
               $responses[$id]->options['max_data_size'] = httprl_get_last_byte_from_range($responses[$id]->ranges);
             }