diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 65ea5d993c..f7b2a8a029 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -498,8 +498,13 @@ int ff_http_do_new_request2(URLContext *h, const char *uri, AVDictionary **opts)
     av_url_split(proto2, sizeof(proto2), NULL, 0,
                  hostname2, sizeof(hostname2), &port2,
                  NULL, 0, uri);
+    if (strcmp(proto1, proto2) != 0) {
+        av_log(h, AV_LOG_INFO, "Cannot reuse HTTP connection for different protocol %s vs %s\n",
+               proto1, proto2);
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
     if (port1 != port2 || strncmp(hostname1, hostname2, sizeof(hostname2)) != 0) {
-        av_log(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot reuse HTTP connection for different host: %s:%d != %s:%d\n",
+        av_log(h, AV_LOG_INFO, "Cannot reuse HTTP connection for different host: %s:%d != %s:%d\n",
             hostname1, port1,
             hostname2, port2
         );