diff --git a/src/net/http/client.go b/src/net/http/client.go
index c3f849e962bdf2..dd099bb3165c03 100644
--- a/src/net/http/client.go
+++ b/src/net/http/client.go
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ func (c *Client) send(req *Request) (*Response, error) {
 //
 // Generally Get, Post, or PostForm will be used instead of Do.
 func (c *Client) Do(req *Request) (resp *Response, err error) {
-	if req.Method == "" || req.Method == "GET" || req.Method == "HEAD" {
+	method := valueOrDefault(req.Method, "GET")
+	if method == "" || method == "GET" || method == "HEAD" {
 		return c.doFollowingRedirects(req, shouldRedirectGet)
 	}
-	if req.Method == "POST" || req.Method == "PUT" {
+	if method == "POST" || method == "PUT" {
 		return c.doFollowingRedirects(req, shouldRedirectPost)
 	}
 	return c.send(req)
diff --git a/src/net/http/request.go b/src/net/http/request.go
index 01575f33a5ae9f..d706d8e1b600ab 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request.go
@@ -1057,11 +1057,13 @@ func (r *Request) closeBody() {
 }
 
 func (r *Request) isReplayable() bool {
-	return r.Body == nil &&
-		(r.Method == "GET" ||
-			r.Method == "HEAD" ||
-			r.Method == "OPTIONS" ||
-			r.Method == "TRACE")
+	if r.Body == nil {
+		switch valueOrDefault(r.Method, "GET") {
+		case "GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "TRACE":
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func validHostHeader(h string) bool {
diff --git a/src/net/http/transfer.go b/src/net/http/transfer.go
index b452f33ad6caef..480226af824c64 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transfer.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transfer.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func newTransferWriter(r interface{}) (t *transferWriter, err error) {
 		if rr.ContentLength != 0 && rr.Body == nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("http: Request.ContentLength=%d with nil Body", rr.ContentLength)
 		}
-		t.Method = rr.Method
+		t.Method = valueOrDefault(rr.Method, "GET")
 		t.Body = rr.Body
 		t.BodyCloser = rr.Body
 		t.ContentLength = rr.ContentLength