diff --git a/main/http.c b/main/http.c
index 0e45b60db6..e2982a73b5 100644
--- a/main/http.c
+++ b/main/http.c
@@ -880,12 +880,16 @@ struct ast_json *ast_http_get_json(
 	}
 
 	buf = ast_http_get_contents(&content_length, ser, headers);
-	if (buf == NULL)
-	{
+	if (buf == NULL) {
 		/* errno already set */
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (!content_length) {
+		/* it is not an error to have zero content */
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	body = ast_json_load_buf(buf, content_length, NULL);
 	if (body == NULL) {
 		/* Failed to parse JSON; treat as an I/O error */