diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 8e422f0bf..7a5137e86 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ static CURLcode http_perhapsrewind(struct connectdata *conn)
     /* figure out how much data we are expected to send */
     switch(data->set.httpreq) {
     case HTTPREQ_POST:
-      if(data->set.postfieldsize != -1)
-        expectsend = data->set.postfieldsize;
+      if(data->state.infilesize != -1)
+        expectsend = data->state.infilesize;
       else if(data->set.postfields)
         expectsend = (curl_off_t)strlen(data->set.postfields);
       break;
@@ -2572,8 +2572,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
       postsize = 0;
     else {
       /* figure out the size of the postfields */
-      postsize = (data->set.postfieldsize != -1)?
-        data->set.postfieldsize:
+      postsize = (data->state.infilesize != -1)?
+        data->state.infilesize:
         (data->set.postfields? (curl_off_t)strlen(data->set.postfields):-1);
     }
 
@@ -2696,7 +2696,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
           return result;
       }
 
-      else if(data->set.postfieldsize) {
+      else if(data->state.infilesize) {
         /* set the upload size to the progress meter */
         Curl_pgrsSetUploadSize(data, postsize?postsize:-1);
 
diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 2956022e4..b63f8bf70 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(CURLM *multi_handle,
   /* Point to the multi's connection cache */
   data->state.conn_cache = &multi->conn_cache;
 
-  data->state.infilesize = data->set.filesize;
+  if(data->set.httpreq == HTTPREQ_PUT)
+    data->state.infilesize = data->set.filesize;
+  else
+    data->state.infilesize = data->set.postfieldsize;
 
   /* This adds the new entry at the 'end' of the doubly-linked circular
      list of SessionHandle structs to try and maintain a FIFO queue so
diff --git a/lib/rtsp.c b/lib/rtsp.c
index c5ca75723..5d61c6fe2 100644
--- a/lib/rtsp.c
+++ b/lib/rtsp.c
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ static CURLcode rtsp_do(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
 
     }
     else {
-      postsize = (data->set.postfieldsize != -1)?
-        data->set.postfieldsize:
+      postsize = (data->state.infilesize != -1)?
+        data->state.infilesize:
         (data->set.postfields? (curl_off_t)strlen(data->set.postfields):0);
       data->set.httpreq = HTTPREQ_POST;
     }