diff --git a/lib/core-net/client/connect2.c b/lib/core-net/client/connect2.c
index cb5d5d043..fdb349930 100644
--- a/lib/core-net/client/connect2.c
+++ b/lib/core-net/client/connect2.c
@@ -196,10 +196,8 @@ lws_client_connect_2_dnsreq(struct lws *wsi)
 	}
 
 	/* only pipeline things we associate with being a stream */
-
-	if (meth && strcmp(meth, "RAW") && strcmp(meth, "GET") &&
-		    strcmp(meth, "POST") && strcmp(meth, "PUT") &&
-		    strcmp(meth, "UDP") && strcmp(meth, "MQTT"))
+	if (meth && !_lws_is_http_method(meth) && strcmp(meth, "RAW")  &&
+		strcmp(meth, "UDP") && strcmp(meth, "MQTT"))
 		goto solo;
 
 	if (!adsin)
@@ -252,8 +250,7 @@ solo:
 	 * piggyback on our transaction queue
 	 */
 
-	if (meth && (!strcmp(meth, "RAW") || !strcmp(meth, "GET") ||
-		     !strcmp(meth, "POST") || !strcmp(meth, "PUT") ||
+	if (meth && (!strcmp(meth, "RAW") || _lws_is_http_method(meth) ||
 		     !strcmp(meth, "MQTT")) &&
 	    lws_dll2_is_detached(&wsi->dll2_cli_txn_queue) &&
 	    lws_dll2_is_detached(&wsi->dll_cli_active_conns)) {
diff --git a/lib/roles/h1/ops-h1.c b/lib/roles/h1/ops-h1.c
index 769490fe7..9f97916c6 100644
--- a/lib/roles/h1/ops-h1.c
+++ b/lib/roles/h1/ops-h1.c
@@ -971,11 +971,20 @@ static const char * const http_methods[] = {
 	"GET", "POST", "OPTIONS", "HEAD", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "CONNECT"
 };
 
+int
+_lws_is_http_method(const char *method)
+{
+	if (method)
+		for (int n = 0; n < (int)LWS_ARRAY_SIZE(http_methods); n++)
+			if (!strcmp(method, http_methods[n]))
+				return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 rops_client_bind_h1(struct lws *wsi, const struct lws_client_connect_info *i)
 {
-	int n;
-
 	if (!i) {
 		/* we are finalizing an already-selected role */
 
@@ -1046,10 +1055,8 @@ rops_client_bind_h1(struct lws *wsi, const struct lws_client_connect_info *i)
 	}
 
 	/* if a recognized http method, bind to it */
-
-	for (n = 0; n < (int)LWS_ARRAY_SIZE(http_methods); n++)
-		if (!strcmp(i->method, http_methods[n]))
-			goto bind_h1;
+	if (_lws_is_http_method(i->method))
+		goto bind_h1;
 
 	/* other roles may bind to it */
 
diff --git a/lib/roles/h1/private-lib-roles-h1.h b/lib/roles/h1/private-lib-roles-h1.h
index f58ce7e8b..1845ee504 100644
--- a/lib/roles/h1/private-lib-roles-h1.h
+++ b/lib/roles/h1/private-lib-roles-h1.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  *
  *  Most of the h1 business is defined in the h1 / h2 common roles/http dir
  */
-
+int
+_lws_is_http_method(const char *method);
 extern const struct lws_role_ops role_ops_h1;
 #define lwsi_role_h1(wsi) (wsi->role_ops == &role_ops_h1)