diff --git a/lib/handshake.c b/lib/handshake.c
index d2c9e1e709..410355e402 100644
--- a/lib/handshake.c
+++ b/lib/handshake.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ libwebsocket_read(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 			/* union transition */
 			memset(&wsi->u, 0, sizeof(wsi->u));
 
-			wsi->mode = LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING;
+			wsi->mode = LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING_ACCEPTED;
 			wsi->state = WSI_STATE_HTTP;
 			n = 0;
 			if (wsi->protocol->callback)
diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.c b/lib/libwebsockets.c
index 97d911baa6..ce6bae0bba 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.c
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ libwebsocket_close_and_free_session(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 
 	wsi->u.ws.close_reason = reason;
 
-	if (wsi->mode == LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING && wsi->u.http.fd) {
+	if (wsi->mode == LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING_ACCEPTED && wsi->u.http.fd) {
 		lwsl_debug("closing http fd %d\n", wsi->u.http.fd);
 		close(wsi->u.http.fd);
 		wsi->u.http.fd = 0;
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ libwebsocket_service_fd(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 
 #ifndef LWS_NO_SERVER
 	case LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING:
+	case LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING_ACCEPTED:
 	case LWS_CONNMODE_SERVER_LISTENER:
 	case LWS_CONNMODE_SSL_ACK_PENDING:
 		n = lws_server_socket_service(context, wsi, pollfd);
diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index bb6f64544c..76a73758b2 100644
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ enum lws_rx_parse_state {
 
 enum connection_mode {
 	LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING,
+	LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING_ACCEPTED, /* actual HTTP service going on */
 	LWS_CONNMODE_PRE_WS_SERVING_ACCEPT,
 
 	LWS_CONNMODE_WS_SERVING,
diff --git a/lib/server.c b/lib/server.c
index 6ad30cc813..8d12a81b33 100644
--- a/lib/server.c
+++ b/lib/server.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ int lws_server_socket_service(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 	switch (wsi->mode) {
 
 	case LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING:
+	case LWS_CONNMODE_HTTP_SERVING_ACCEPTED:
 
 		/* handle http headers coming in */