diff --git a/include/net/http_client.h b/include/net/http_client.h
index d595dba0f72..504fe2b3b70 100644
--- a/include/net/http_client.h
+++ b/include/net/http_client.h
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ struct http_response {
 	 */
 	http_response_cb_t cb;
 
-	/** Where the body starts */
-	uint8_t *body_start;
+	/** Start address of the body fragment contained in the recv_buf */
+	uint8_t *body_frag_start;
 
 	/** Where the response is stored, this is to be
 	 * provided by the user.
diff --git a/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit.c b/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit.c
index 47fd821d9ea..f3ab718be00 100644
--- a/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit.c
+++ b/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit.c
@@ -691,19 +691,19 @@ static void response_cb(struct http_response *rsp,
 	switch (type) {
 	case HAWKBIT_PROBE:
 		if (hb_context.dl.http_content_size == 0) {
-			body_data = rsp->body_start;
+			body_data = rsp->body_frag_start;
 			body_len = rsp->data_len;
 			/*
 			 * subtract the size of the HTTP header from body_len
 			 */
-			body_len -= (rsp->body_start - rsp->recv_buf);
+			body_len -= (rsp->body_frag_start - rsp->recv_buf);
 			hb_context.dl.http_content_size = rsp->content_length;
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * more general case where body data is set, but no need
 			 * to take the HTTP header into account
 			 */
-			body_data = rsp->body_start;
+			body_data = rsp->body_frag_start;
 			body_len = rsp->data_len;
 		}
 
@@ -765,19 +765,19 @@ static void response_cb(struct http_response *rsp,
 
 	case HAWKBIT_PROBE_DEPLOYMENT_BASE:
 		if (hb_context.dl.http_content_size == 0) {
-			body_data = rsp->body_start;
+			body_data = rsp->body_frag_start;
 			body_len = rsp->data_len;
 			/*
 			 * subtract the size of the HTTP header from body_len
 			 */
-			body_len -= (rsp->body_start - rsp->recv_buf);
+			body_len -= (rsp->body_frag_start - rsp->recv_buf);
 			hb_context.dl.http_content_size = rsp->content_length;
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * more general case where body data is set, but no need
 			 * to take the HTTP header into account
 			 */
-			body_data = rsp->body_start;
+			body_data = rsp->body_frag_start;
 			body_len = rsp->data_len;
 		}
 
@@ -828,19 +828,19 @@ static void response_cb(struct http_response *rsp,
 
 	case HAWKBIT_DOWNLOAD:
 		if (hb_context.dl.http_content_size == 0) {
-			body_data = rsp->body_start;
+			body_data = rsp->body_frag_start;
 			body_len = rsp->data_len;
 			/*
 			 * subtract the size of the HTTP header from body_len
 			 */
-			body_len -= (rsp->body_start - rsp->recv_buf);
+			body_len -= (rsp->body_frag_start - rsp->recv_buf);
 			hb_context.dl.http_content_size = rsp->content_length;
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * more general case where body data is set, but no need
 			 * to take the HTTP header into account
 			 */
-			body_data = rsp->body_start;
+			body_data = rsp->body_frag_start;
 			body_len = rsp->data_len;
 		}
 
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
index d02f2393169..d42a3badd88 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ static int on_body(struct http_parser *parser, const char *at, size_t length)
 		req->internal.response.http_cb->on_body(parser, at, length);
 	}
 
-	/* Reset the body_start pointer for each fragment. */
-	if (!req->internal.response.body_start) {
-		req->internal.response.body_start = (uint8_t *)at;
+	/* Reset the body_frag_start pointer for each fragment. */
+	if (!req->internal.response.body_frag_start) {
+		req->internal.response.body_frag_start = (uint8_t *)at;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static int http_wait_data(int sock, struct http_request *req)
 				req->internal.response.processed = 0;
 				req->internal.response.data_len = 0;
 				req->internal.response.content_length = 0;
-				req->internal.response.body_start = NULL;
+				req->internal.response.body_frag_start = NULL;
 				memset(req->internal.response.http_status, 0,
 				       HTTP_STATUS_STR_SIZE);
 
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int http_wait_data(int sock, struct http_request *req)
 
 				/* Re-use the result buffer and start to fill it again */
 				req->internal.response.data_len = 0;
-				req->internal.response.body_start = NULL;
+				req->internal.response.body_frag_start = NULL;
 			}
 		}