diff -urN squid-2.5.STABLE12/src/http.c squid-2.5.STABLE12-squidgrowthfix/src/http.c
--- squid-2.5.STABLE12/src/http.c	2006-01-05 16:26:37.000000000 +0000
+++ squid-2.5.STABLE12-squidgrowthfix/src/http.c	2006-01-05 16:53:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@
 	    commSetSelect(fd, COMM_SELECT_READ, httpReadReply, httpState, 0);
 	    return;
 	}
+
+       if(icap->flags.no_content == 1) {
+	 commSetDefer(fd, fwdCheckDeferRead, icap->respmod.entry);
+       }
     }
 #endif
 
diff -urN squid-2.5.STABLE12/src/icap_respmod.c squid-2.5.STABLE12-squidgrowthfix/src/icap_respmod.c
--- squid-2.5.STABLE12/src/icap_respmod.c	2006-01-05 16:26:37.000000000 +0000
+++ squid-2.5.STABLE12-squidgrowthfix/src/icap_respmod.c	2006-01-05 16:53:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@
 	commSetSelect(fd, COMM_SELECT_READ, icapRespModReadReply, icap, 0);
 #if 1
 	commSetTimeout(fd, Config.Timeout.read, icapReadTimeout, icap);
+	commSetDefer(fd, fwdCheckDeferRead, icap->respmod.entry);
 #else
 	if (icap->flags.wait_for_preview_reply || icap->flags.http_server_eof) {
 	    /*