diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp
index ff024cf27d9c..249813b162a8 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp
@@ -1759,14 +1759,11 @@ nsHttpConnection::MakeConnectString(nsAHttpTransaction *trans,
     request->SetHeader(nsHttp::Proxy_Connection, NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("keep-alive"));
     request->SetHeader(nsHttp::Connection, NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("keep-alive"));
 
-    const char *val = trans->RequestHead()->PeekHeader(nsHttp::Host);
-    if (val) {
-        // all HTTP/1.1 requests must include a Host header (even though it
-        // may seem redundant in this case; see bug 82388).
-        request->SetHeader(nsHttp::Host, nsDependentCString(val));
-    }
+    // all HTTP/1.1 requests must include a Host header (even though it
+    // may seem redundant in this case; see bug 82388).
+    request->SetHeader(nsHttp::Host, result);
 
-    val = trans->RequestHead()->PeekHeader(nsHttp::Proxy_Authorization);
+    const char *val = trans->RequestHead()->PeekHeader(nsHttp::Proxy_Authorization);
     if (val) {
         // we don't know for sure if this authorization is intended for the
         // SSL proxy, so we add it just in case.