diff --git a/ext/curl/interface.c b/ext/curl/interface.c
index b142445ba0f..bbdcdbfbe7d 100644
--- a/ext/curl/interface.c
+++ b/ext/curl/interface.c
@@ -3113,8 +3113,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(curl_exec)
 
 	error = curl_easy_perform(ch->cp);
 	SAVE_CURL_ERROR(ch, error);
-	/* CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE is returned by HEAD requests */
-	if (error != CURLE_OK && error != CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE) {
+
+	if (error != CURLE_OK) {
 		smart_str_free(&ch->handlers->write->buf);
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}