diff --git a/autorest/retriablerequest_1.7.go b/autorest/retriablerequest_1.7.go
index 3c2eb10ee..8340bda40 100644
--- a/autorest/retriablerequest_1.7.go
+++ b/autorest/retriablerequest_1.7.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type RetriableRequest struct {
 func (rr *RetriableRequest) Prepare() (err error) {
 	// preserve the request body; this is to support retry logic as
 	// the underlying transport will always close the reqeust body
-	if rr.req.Body != nil {
+	if rr.req.Body != nil && rr.req.Body != http.NoBody {
 		if rr.br != nil {
 			_, err = rr.br.Seek(0, 0 /*io.SeekStart*/)
 			rr.req.Body = io.NopCloser(rr.br)
diff --git a/autorest/retriablerequest_1.8.go b/autorest/retriablerequest_1.8.go
index 0bd3c8ba4..e36d4b046 100644
--- a/autorest/retriablerequest_1.8.go
+++ b/autorest/retriablerequest_1.8.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type RetriableRequest struct {
 func (rr *RetriableRequest) Prepare() (err error) {
 	// preserve the request body; this is to support retry logic as
 	// the underlying transport will always close the reqeust body
-	if rr.req.Body != nil {
+	if rr.req.Body != nil && rr.req.Body != http.NoBody {
 		if rr.rc != nil {
 			rr.req.Body = rr.rc
 		} else if rr.br != nil {