diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm
index 86fd8fc955..77fb5d18d1 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm
@@ -1018,6 +1018,15 @@ private:
         {
             [req setHTTPMethod: [NSString stringWithUTF8String: httpRequestCmd.toRawUTF8()]];
 
+            if (isPost)
+            {
+                WebInputStream::createHeadersAndPostData (url, headers, postData);
+
+                if (postData.getSize() > 0)
+                    [req setHTTPBody: [NSData dataWithBytes: postData.getData()
+                                                     length: postData.getSize()]];
+            }
+
             StringArray headerLines;
             headerLines.addLines (headers);
             headerLines.removeEmptyStrings (true);
@@ -1031,15 +1040,6 @@ private:
                     [req addValue: juceStringToNS (value) forHTTPHeaderField: juceStringToNS (key)];
             }
 
-            if (isPost)
-            {
-                WebInputStream::createHeadersAndPostData (url, headers, postData);
-
-                if (postData.getSize() > 0)
-                    [req setHTTPBody: [NSData dataWithBytes: postData.getData()
-                                                     length: postData.getSize()]];
-            }
-
             connection = new URLConnectionState (req, numRedirectsToFollow);
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.cpp b/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.cpp
index 67c5180948..96e052e862 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.cpp
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ URL URL::getChildURL (const String& subPath) const
     return u;
 }
 
-void URL::createHeadersAndPostData (String& headers, MemoryBlock& headersAndPostData) const
+void URL::createHeadersAndPostData (String& headers, MemoryBlock& postDataToWrite) const
 {
-    MemoryOutputStream data (headersAndPostData, false);
+    MemoryOutputStream data (postDataToWrite, false);
 
     if (filesToUpload.size() > 0)
     {