diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
index a2b9fa26ff7..22e945f6799 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ static int on_body(struct http_parser *parser, const char *at, size_t length)
 		req->internal.response.http_cb->on_body(parser, at, length);
 	}
 
-	if (!req->internal.response.body_start &&
-	    (uint8_t *)at != (uint8_t *)req->internal.response.recv_buf) {
+	/* Reset the body_start pointer for each fragment. */
+	if (!req->internal.response.body_start) {
 		req->internal.response.body_start = (uint8_t *)at;
 	}