diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 270154f9f..387807942 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_ftp(struct connectdata *conn)
       retcode = Curl_ftp_nextconnect(conn);
     else
       /* since we didn't connect now, we want do_more to get called */
-      conn->do_more = TRUE;
+      conn->bits.do_more = TRUE;
   }
 
   return retcode;
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 460ce0a86..903deb229 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
     conn->allocptr.cookie = aprintf("Cookie: %s\015\012", data->set.cookie);
   }
 
-  if(conn->upload_chunky) {
+  if(conn->bits.upload_chunky) {
     if(!checkheaders(data, "Transfer-Encoding:")) {
       te = "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n";
     }
diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 98700742d..f901f3a0f 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_perform(CURLM *multi_handle, int *running_handles)
       if(CURLE_OK == easy->result) {
 
         /* after do, go PERFORM... or DO_MORE */
-        if(easy->easy_conn->do_more) {
+        if(easy->easy_conn->bits.do_more) {
           /* we're supposed to do more, but we need to sit down, relax
              and wait a little while first */
           easy->state = CURLM_STATE_DO_MORE;
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 58ae8c96a..cdb3f39e9 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct connectdata *conn,
 
         if(!k->upload_done) {
 
-          if(conn->upload_chunky) {
+          if(conn->bits.upload_chunky) {
             /* if chunked Transfer-Encoding */
             buffersize -= (8 + 2 + 2);   /* 32bit hex + CRLF + CRLF */
             conn->upload_fromhere += 10; /* 32bit hex + CRLF */
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct connectdata *conn,
           nread = data->set.fread(conn->upload_fromhere, 1,
                                   buffersize, data->set.in);
           
-          if(conn->upload_chunky) {
+          if(conn->bits.upload_chunky) {
             /* if chunked Transfer-Encoding */
             char hexbuffer[9];
             int hexlen = snprintf(hexbuffer, sizeof(hexbuffer),
@@ -1112,13 +1112,13 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite_init(struct connectdata *conn)
   Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(data, 0);
   Curl_pgrsSetDownloadCounter(data, 0);
 
-  if (!conn->getheader) {
+  if (!conn->bits.getheader) {
     k->header = FALSE;
     if(conn->size > 0)
       Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(data, conn->size);
   }
   /* we want header and/or body, if neither then don't do this! */
-  if(conn->getheader || !data->set.no_body) {
+  if(conn->bits.getheader || !data->set.no_body) {
 
     FD_ZERO (&k->readfd);		/* clear it */
     if(conn->sockfd != -1) {
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ Transfer(struct connectdata *conn)
     return CURLE_OK;
 
   /* we want header and/or body, if neither then don't do this! */
-  if(!conn->getheader && data->set.no_body)
+  if(!conn->bits.getheader && data->set.no_body)
     return CURLE_OK;
 
   k->writefdp = &k->writefd; /* store the address of the set */
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ Curl_Transfer(struct connectdata *c_conn, /* connection data */
   /* now copy all input parameters */
   conn->sockfd = sockfd;
   conn->size = size;
-  conn->getheader = getheader;
+  conn->bits.getheader = getheader;
   conn->bytecountp = bytecountp;
   conn->writesockfd = writesockfd;
   conn->writebytecountp = writebytecountp;
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 50f83532e..7083490be 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ static CURLcode CreateConnection(struct SessionHandle *data,
      is later set "for real" using Curl_pgrsStartNow(). */
   conn->data->progress.start = conn->created; 
 
-  conn->upload_chunky =
+  conn->bits.upload_chunky =
     ((conn->protocol&PROT_HTTP) &&
      data->set.upload &&
      (data->set.infilesize == -1) &&
@@ -2889,7 +2889,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_do(struct connectdata **connp)
   struct connectdata *conn = *connp;
   struct SessionHandle *data=conn->data;
 
-  conn->do_more = FALSE; /* by default there's no curl_do_more() to use */
+  conn->bits.do_more = FALSE; /* by default there's no curl_do_more() to use */
 
   if(conn->curl_do) {
     /* generic protocol-specific function pointer set in curl_connect() */
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 523b58f2e..8d20a78f8 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ struct ConnectBits {
                    IP address */
   bool use_range;
   bool rangestringalloc; /* the range string is malloc()'ed */
+
+  bool do_more; /* this is set TRUE if the ->curl_do_more() function is
+                   supposed to be called, after ->curl_do() */
+
+  bool upload_chunky; /* set TRUE if we are doing chunked transfer-encoding
+                         on upload */
+
+  bool getheader;	 /* TRUE if header parsing is wanted */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -381,7 +389,6 @@ struct connectdata {
   /* READ stuff */
   int sockfd;		 /* socket to read from or -1 */
   int size;		 /* -1 if unknown at this point */
-  bool getheader;	 /* TRUE if header parsing is wanted */
   long *bytecountp;	 /* return number of bytes read or NULL */
           
   /* WRITE stuff */
@@ -449,12 +456,6 @@ struct connectdata {
       and the 'upload_present' contains the number of bytes available at this
       position */
   char *upload_fromhere;
-
-  bool do_more; /* this is set TRUE if the ->curl_do_more() function is
-                   supposed to be called, after ->curl_do() */
-
-  bool upload_chunky; /* set TRUE if we are doing chunked transfer-encoding
-                         on upload */
 };
 
 /* The end of connectdata. 08/27/02 jhrg */