diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/RetryableHttpClient.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/RetryableHttpClient.php
index afab2f8d0388b..a0c099a9adddf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/RetryableHttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/RetryableHttpClient.php
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ public function request(string $method, string $url, array $options = []): Respo
 
                 if (false === $shouldRetry) {
                     $context->passthru();
-                    yield $firstChunk;
+                    if (null !== $firstChunk) {
+                        yield $firstChunk;
+                    }
                     yield $context->createChunk($content);
                     $content = '';