--- a/src/client_side_request.cc	
+++ a/src/client_side_request.cc	
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ clientInterpretRequestHeaders(ClientHttpRequest * http)
 
     /* ignore range header in non-GETs or non-HEADs */
     if (request->method == METHOD_GET || request->method == METHOD_HEAD) {
+        if (request->range)
+            delete request->range;
         request->range = req_hdr->getRange();
 
         if (request->range) {
@@ -854,7 +856,10 @@ clientInterpretRequestHeaders(ClientHttpRequest * http)
     else {
         req_hdr->delById(HDR_RANGE);
         req_hdr->delById(HDR_REQUEST_RANGE);
-        request->range = NULL;
+        if (request->range) {
+            delete request->range;
+            request->range = NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     if (req_hdr->has(HDR_AUTHORIZATION))