diff --git a/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpConnectionImpl.java b/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpConnectionImpl.java
index 620fc22b4b..46c3adef27 100644
--- a/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpConnectionImpl.java
+++ b/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpConnectionImpl.java
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ public ClassicHttpRequest receiveRequest() throws HttpException, IOException {
         this.inbuffer.clear();
         final int i = this.inbuffer.readLine(headLine, this.in);
         if (i == -1) {
-            throw new IOException("readLine() from SessionInputBufferImpl returned -1 in method receiveRequest()");
+            //throw new IOException("readLine() from SessionInputBufferImpl returned -1 in method receiveRequest()");
+            return null;
         }
 
 	final Header[] headers = AbstractMessageParser.parseHeaders(
diff --git a/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpService.java b/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpService.java
index d60c7879fd..36a4035c17 100644
--- a/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpService.java
+++ b/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/server/AxisHttpService.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void handleRequest(final AxisHttpConnection conn, final HttpContext local
         try {
             request = conn.receiveRequest();
 	    if (request == null) {
-                LOG.error("AxisHttpService.handleRequest() returning on null request, will close the connection");
+                LOG.info("AxisHttpService.handleRequest() returning on null request, will close the connection");
                 conn.close();
                 return;
             }