diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index c82fb3594..94cd6d6f9 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -563,6 +563,9 @@ static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct SessionHandle *data,
 
             if(!Curl_meets_timecondition(data, k->timeofdoc)) {
               *done = TRUE;
+              /* we abort the transfer before it is completed == we ruin the
+                 re-use ability. Close the connection */
+              conn->bits.close = TRUE;
               return CURLE_OK;
             }
           } /* we have a time condition */
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 2249394d9..82de0581c 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ test1094 test1095 test1096 test1097 test1098 test1099 test1100 test1101	\
 test1102 test1103 test1104 test1105 test1106 test1107 test1108 test1109	\
 test1110 test1111 test1112 test1113 test1114 test1115 test1116 test1117	\
 test1118 test1119 test1120 test1121 test1122 test1123 test1124 test1125	\
-test1126 test1127 test1200 test1201 test1202 test1203 test1300 test1301	\
-test1302 test1303 test1304 test1305 test1306 test1307 test2000 test2001	\
-test2002 test2003 test2004
+test1126 test1127 test1128 test1200 test1201 test1202 test1203 test1300	\
+test1301 test1302 test1303 test1304 test1305 test1306 test1307 test2000	\
+test2001 test2002 test2003 test2004
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTCASES) DISABLED
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test1128 b/tests/data/test1128
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20487b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1128
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+If-Modified-Since
+</keywords>
+</info>
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jun 1980 12:10:00 GMT
+Content-Length: 11
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+0123456789
+</data>
+<data1>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:01 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jun 2002 12:10:00 GMT
+Content-Length: 11
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+0123456789
+</data1>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP 200 If-Modified-Since with old+new documents
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1128 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/11280001 -z "dec 12 12:00:00 1999 GMT"
+</command>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET /1128 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+If-Modified-Since: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 12:00:00 GMT
+
+GET /11280001 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+If-Modified-Since: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 12:00:00 GMT
+
+</protocol>
+
+<stdout>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jun 1980 12:10:00 GMT
+Content-Length: 11
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:01 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jun 2002 12:10:00 GMT
+Content-Length: 11
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+0123456789
+</stdout>
+</verify>
+</testcase>