diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/Http1MessageBody.cs b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/Http1MessageBody.cs
index 521a9c58f8..4910ae18be 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/Http1MessageBody.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/Http1MessageBody.cs
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http
                 RequestUpgrade = true;
             }
 
+            public override bool IsEmpty => true;
+
             protected override bool Read(ReadOnlyBuffer<byte> readableBuffer, PipeWriter writableBuffer, out SequencePosition consumed, out SequencePosition examined)
             {
                 Copy(readableBuffer, writableBuffer);
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs
index f8ada6f76e..09f6b54af5 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Core/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http
                             await ProduceEnd();
 
                             // ForZeroContentLength does not complete the reader nor the writer
-                            if (!messageBody.IsEmpty && _keepAlive)
+                            if (!messageBody.IsEmpty)
                             {
                                 // Finish reading the request body in case the app did not.
                                 await messageBody.ConsumeAsync();
diff --git a/test/Kestrel.Core.Tests/Http1ConnectionTests.cs b/test/Kestrel.Core.Tests/Http1ConnectionTests.cs
index 7e286aad82..75c7f4f560 100644
--- a/test/Kestrel.Core.Tests/Http1ConnectionTests.cs
+++ b/test/Kestrel.Core.Tests/Http1ConnectionTests.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Features;
@@ -792,6 +793,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests
             Assert.StartsWith(CoreStrings.NonNegativeNumberOrNullRequired, ex.Message);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ConsumesRequestWhenApplicationDoesNotConsumeIt()
+        {
+            var httpApplication = new DummyApplication(async context =>
+            {
+                var buffer = new byte[10];
+                await context.Response.Body.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, 10);
+            });
+            var mockMessageBody = new Mock<MessageBody>(null);
+            _http1Connection.NextMessageBody = mockMessageBody.Object;
+
+            var requestProcessingTask = _http1Connection.ProcessRequestsAsync(httpApplication);
+            
+            var data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:\r\nConnection: close\r\ncontent-length: 1\r\n\r\n");
+            await _application.Output.WriteAsync(data);
+            await requestProcessingTask.TimeoutAfter(TestConstants.DefaultTimeout);
+
+            mockMessageBody.Verify(body => body.ConsumeAsync(), Times.Once);
+        }
+
         private static async Task WaitForCondition(TimeSpan timeout, Func<bool> condition)
         {
             const int MaxWaitLoop = 150;
diff --git a/test/shared/TestHttp1Connection.cs b/test/shared/TestHttp1Connection.cs
index d98f2e91e0..f53a2a52db 100644
--- a/test/shared/TestHttp1Connection.cs
+++ b/test/shared/TestHttp1Connection.cs
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing
             set => _keepAlive = value;
         }
 
+        public MessageBody NextMessageBody { private get; set; }
+
         public Task ProduceEndAsync()
         {
             return ProduceEnd();
         }
+
+        protected override MessageBody CreateMessageBody()
+        {
+            return NextMessageBody ?? base.CreateMessageBody();
+        }
     }
 }