diff --git a/libavformat/mmsh.c b/libavformat/mmsh.c
index 64760e8555..a66e1d9ab2 100644
--- a/libavformat/mmsh.c
+++ b/libavformat/mmsh.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int mmsh_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
              "Pragma: no-cache,rate=1.000000,stream-time=0,"
              "stream-offset=0:0,request-context=%u,max-duration=0\r\n"
              CLIENTGUID
-             "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n",
+             "Connection: Close\r\n",
              host, port, mmsh->request_seq++);
     ff_http_set_headers(mms->mms_hd, headers);
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int mmsh_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
                    CLIENTGUID
                    "Pragma: stream-switch-count=%d\r\n"
                    "Pragma: stream-switch-entry=%s\r\n"
-                   "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n",
+                   "Connection: Close\r\n",
                    host, port, mmsh->request_seq++, mms->stream_num, stream_selection);
     av_freep(&stream_selection);
     if (err < 0) {