diff --git a/dlls/wininet/http.c b/dlls/wininet/http.c
index 10fa8a5997f..c8a9608a366 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/http.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/http.c
@@ -3168,9 +3168,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI HTTP_HttpSendRequestW(LPWININETHTTPREQW lpwhr, LPCWSTR lpszHeaders,
 
     assert(lpwhr->hdr.htype == WH_HHTTPREQ);
 
-    /* Clear any error information */
-    INTERNET_SetLastError(0);
-
     /* if the verb is NULL default to GET */
     if (!lpwhr->lpszVerb)
         lpwhr->lpszVerb = WININET_strdupW(szGET);
@@ -3412,6 +3409,7 @@ lend:
                           sizeof(INTERNET_ASYNC_RESULT));
 
     TRACE("<--\n");
+    if (bSuccess) INTERNET_SetLastError(ERROR_SUCCESS);
     return bSuccess;
 }