diff --git a/scripts/socket/FreeSWITCH/Client.pm b/scripts/socket/FreeSWITCH/Client.pm
index 3902514249..3d7617ac33 100644
--- a/scripts/socket/FreeSWITCH/Client.pm
+++ b/scripts/socket/FreeSWITCH/Client.pm
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ sub readhash($;$) {
     }
     
     if ($h->{'content-length'}) {
+      if(! defined $h->{body}) { $h->{body}=0; }
       while(length($h->{body}) < $h->{'content-length'}) {
 	my $buf;
 	recv $s, $buf, $h->{'content-length'} - length($h->{body}), 0;