diff --git a/content/base/public/nsIXMLHttpRequest.idl b/content/base/public/nsIXMLHttpRequest.idl
index 8ca146169647..e43a22a6271a 100644
--- a/content/base/public/nsIXMLHttpRequest.idl
+++ b/content/base/public/nsIXMLHttpRequest.idl
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ interface nsIXMLHttpRequest : nsISupports {
    * the request is not sent until the <code>send</code> method 
    * is invoked.
    *
-   * @param method The HTTP method - either "POST" or "GET". Ignored
-   *               if the URL is not a HTTP URL.
+   * @param method The HTTP method, for example "POST" or "GET". Ignored
+   *               if the URL is not a HTTP(S) URL.
    * @param url The URL to which to send the request.
    * @param async Whether the request is synchronous or asynchronous
    *              i.e. whether send returns only after the response
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp b/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp
index 90c829d0287f..86e443c966d0 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp
@@ -1041,6 +1041,10 @@ nsXMLHttpRequest::Send(nsIVariant *aBody)
       NS_ASSERTION(uploadChannel, "http must support nsIUploadChannel");
 
       rv = uploadChannel->SetUploadStream(postDataStream, nsnull, -1);
+      // Reset the method to its original value
+      if (httpChannel) {
+          httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(method);
+      }
     }
   }