diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPChannel.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPChannel.cpp
index 468144147c5e..32a69ca8170a 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPChannel.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPChannel.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ nsHTTPChannel::AsyncRead(PRUint32 startPosition, PRInt32 readCount,
                          nsIEventQueue *eventQueue,
                          nsIStreamListener *listener)
 {
-    return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+    return Open();
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ nsHTTPChannel::Open(void)
 
     nsISimpleEnumerator* pModules = nsnull;
     rv = pNetModuleMgr->EnumerateModules("http-request", &pModules);
-    NS_RELEASE(pNetModuleMgr);
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
     nsIProxyObjectManager*  proxyObjectManager = nsnull; 
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPResponseListener.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPResponseListener.cpp
index dbcbc6d927f8..51d1ef665da1 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPResponseListener.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHTTPResponseListener.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ nsHTTPResponseListener::OnDataAvailable(nsISupports* context,
 
         nsISimpleEnumerator* pModules = nsnull;
         rv = pNetModuleMgr->EnumerateModules("http-response", &pModules);
-        NS_RELEASE(pNetModuleMgr);
         if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
         nsIProxyObjectManager*  proxyObjectManager = nsnull;