diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs
index 47d6e3fa3275..055c18393989 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpProtocol.cs
@@ -81,13 +81,10 @@ public void Initialize(HttpConnectionContext context)
 
             ServerOptions = ServiceContext.ServerOptions;
 
-            HttpRequestHeaders = new HttpRequestHeaders(
-                reuseHeaderValues: !ServerOptions.DisableStringReuse,
-                useLatin1: ServerOptions.Latin1RequestHeaders);
-
             Reset();
 
             HttpRequestHeaders.ReuseHeaderValues = !ServerOptions.DisableStringReuse;
+            HttpRequestHeaders.UseLatin1 = ServerOptions.Latin1RequestHeaders;
 
             HttpResponseControl = this;
         }
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpRequestHeaders.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpRequestHeaders.cs
index 39a5ce81dfec..e9a96badee0d 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpRequestHeaders.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpRequestHeaders.cs
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http
 {
     internal sealed partial class HttpRequestHeaders : HttpHeaders
     {
-        private readonly bool _useLatin1;
         private long _previousBits = 0;
 
         public HttpRequestHeaders(bool reuseHeaderValues = true, bool useLatin1 = false)
         {
             ReuseHeaderValues = reuseHeaderValues;
-            _useLatin1 = useLatin1;
+            UseLatin1 = useLatin1;
         }
 
         public bool ReuseHeaderValues { get; set; }
+        public bool UseLatin1 { get; set; }
 
         public void OnHeadersComplete()
         {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private void AppendContentLength(ReadOnlySpan<byte> value)
                 parsed < 0 ||
                 consumed != value.Length)
             {
-                BadHttpRequestException.Throw(RequestRejectionReason.InvalidContentLength, value.GetRequestHeaderStringNonNullCharacters(_useLatin1));
+                BadHttpRequestException.Throw(RequestRejectionReason.InvalidContentLength, value.GetRequestHeaderStringNonNullCharacters(UseLatin1));
             }
 
             _contentLength = parsed;