1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c b/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c
index 4f6fdf587..e8f3d5a89 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c
+++ b/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ ngx_linux_sendfile_chain(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_chain_t *in, off_t limit)
 
         /* create the iovec and coalesce the neighbouring bufs */
 
-        for (cl = in;
-             cl && header.nelts < IOV_MAX && send < limit;
-             cl = cl->next)
-        {
+        for (cl = in; cl && send < limit; cl = cl->next) {
+
             if (ngx_buf_special(cl->buf)) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -132,6 +130,10 @@ ngx_linux_sendfile_chain(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_chain_t *in, off_t limit)
                 iov->iov_len += (size_t) size;
 
             } else {
+                if (header.nelts >= IOV_MAX) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 iov = ngx_array_push(&header);
                 if (iov == NULL) {
                     return NGX_CHAIN_ERROR;