diff --git a/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c b/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
index b00e6eb6b..44f33c067 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
+++ b/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ html_parser_cb(const hubbub_token *token, void *pw)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (user_callback_handle_rxflow(r->wsi->protocol->callback,
+	if (r->wsi->protocol_bind_balance &&
+	    user_callback_handle_rxflow(r->wsi->protocol->callback,
 			r->wsi, LWS_CALLBACK_RECEIVE_CLIENT_HTTP_READ,
 			r->wsi->user_space, start, p - start))
 		return -1;
diff --git a/lib/roles/http/client/client.c b/lib/roles/http/client/client.c
index 414972ec1..abd254ed6 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/client/client.c
+++ b/lib/roles/http/client/client.c
@@ -1249,7 +1249,8 @@ spin_chunks:
 	{
 		struct lws *wsi_eff = lws_client_wsi_effective(wsi);
 
-		if (user_callback_handle_rxflow(wsi_eff->protocol->callback,
+		if (!wsi_eff->protocol_bind_balance &&
+		    user_callback_handle_rxflow(wsi_eff->protocol->callback,
 				wsi_eff, LWS_CALLBACK_RECEIVE_CLIENT_HTTP_READ,
 				wsi_eff->user_space, *buf, n)) {
 			lwsl_info("%s: RECEIVE_CLIENT_HTTP_READ returned -1\n",