diff --git a/lib/download.c b/lib/download.c
index f2cd4a64..7dc67295 100644
--- a/lib/download.c
+++ b/lib/download.c
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ xbps_fetch_file_dest(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *uri, const char *filen
 		if (fetchLastErrCode == FETCH_UNCHANGED) {
 			/* Last-Modified matched */
 			goto fetch_file_out;
+		} else if (fetchLastErrCode == FETCH_PROTO && url_st.size == stp->st_size) {
+			/* 413, requested offset == length */
+			goto rename_file;
 		}
 		rv = -1;
 		goto fetch_file_out;
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@ xbps_fetch_file_dest(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *uri, const char *filen
 	 */
 	xbps_set_cb_fetch(xhp, url_st.size, url->offset, bytes_dload,
 	    filename, false, false, true);
+
 	/*
 	 * Update mtime in local file to match remote file if transfer
 	 * was successful.
@@ -271,6 +275,7 @@ xbps_fetch_file_dest(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *uri, const char *filen
 	(void)close(fd);
 	fd = -1;
 
+rename_file:
 	/* File downloaded successfully, rename to destfile */
 	if (rename(tempfile, filename) == -1) {
 		xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "failed to rename %s to %s: %s",
diff --git a/lib/fetch/http.c b/lib/fetch/http.c
index 25840a4c..f2d80bbe 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/http.c
+++ b/lib/fetch/http.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,12 @@ http_request(struct url *URL, const char *op, struct url_stat *us,
 		goto ouch;
 	}
 
+	/* fill in stats */
+	if (us) {
+		us->size = size;
+		us->atime = us->mtime = mtime;
+	}
+
 	/* check for inconsistencies */
 	if (clength != -1 && length != -1 && clength != length) {
 		http_seterr(HTTP_PROTOCOL_ERROR);
@@ -1142,6 +1148,7 @@ http_request(struct url *URL, const char *op, struct url_stat *us,
 		clength = length;
 	if (clength != -1)
 		length = offset + clength;
+
 	if (length != -1 && size != -1 && length != size) {
 		http_seterr(HTTP_PROTOCOL_ERROR);
 		goto ouch;
@@ -1149,12 +1156,6 @@ http_request(struct url *URL, const char *op, struct url_stat *us,
 	if (size == -1)
 		size = length;
 
-	/* fill in stats */
-	if (us) {
-		us->size = size;
-		us->atime = us->mtime = mtime;
-	}
-
 	/* too far? */
 	if (URL->offset > 0 && offset > URL->offset) {
 		http_seterr(HTTP_PROTOCOL_ERROR);