diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
index 732e9b3dce35bd59978013443d5eca199d5f55e5..ac5eb2d281c27b33f00b0eb9d0679c6a38dc4a49 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public class HttpURLConnection extends java.net.HttpURLConnection {
 
             // Try keep-alive only on first attempt
             if (!failedOnce && http.getHttpKeepAliveSet()) {
-                if (http.usingProxy) {
+                if (http.usingProxy && tunnelState() != TunnelState.TUNNELING) {
                     requests.setIfNotSet("Proxy-Connection", "keep-alive");
                 } else {
                     requests.setIfNotSet("Connection", "keep-alive");