diff --git a/src/ngx_pagespeed.cc b/src/ngx_pagespeed.cc
index 8030be9fc..c9ecf3a74 100644
--- a/src/ngx_pagespeed.cc
+++ b/src/ngx_pagespeed.cc
@@ -1505,7 +1505,9 @@ CreateRequestContext::Response ps_create_request_context(
     return CreateRequestContext::kBeacon;
   }
 
-  if (r->method != NGX_HTTP_GET && r->method != NGX_HTTP_HEAD) {
+  if (is_resource_fetch &&
+      r->method != NGX_HTTP_GET &&
+      r->method != NGX_HTTP_HEAD) {
     return CreateRequestContext::kNotHeadOrGet;
   }