diff --git a/modules/nodejs-agent/lib/plugins/http/http.js b/modules/nodejs-agent/lib/plugins/http/http.js
index d60655ed2760009018de7746a27e43f44da5f49e..d759f3720b29ccd674b7d3a56293ee36f2678482 100644
--- a/modules/nodejs-agent/lib/plugins/http/http.js
+++ b/modules/nodejs-agent/lib/plugins/http/http.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module.exports = function(httpModule, instrumentation, contextManager) {
             let contextCarrier = new ContextCarrier();
             let span = contextManager.createExitSpan(options.path, options.host + ":" + options.port, contextCarrier);
             contextCarrier.pushBy(function(key, value) {
-                if (!options.hasOwnProperty("headers")) {
+                if (!options.hasOwnProperty("headers") || !options.headers) {
                     options.headers = {};
                 }
                 options.headers[key] = value;