diff --git a/vlib/net/http/http.v b/vlib/net/http/http.v
index d21407a6a5..ba5b66b74d 100644
--- a/vlib/net/http/http.v
+++ b/vlib/net/http/http.v
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import net
 const (
 	max_redirects        = 4
 	content_type_default = 'text/plain'
+	bufsize = 1536
 )
 
 pub struct Request {
@@ -380,10 +381,6 @@ pub fn escape(s string) string {
 	panic('http.escape() was replaced with http.escape_url()')
 }
 
-const (
-	bufsize = 512
-)
-
 fn (req &Request) http_do(port int, method, host_name, path string) ?Response {
 	rbuffer := [bufsize]byte
 	mut sb := strings.new_builder(100)