diff --git a/lib/fetch/body.js b/lib/fetch/body.js
index cf89c7d59f6..130a0bc669b 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/body.js
+++ b/lib/fetch/body.js
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ function extractBody (object, keepalive = false) {
 
           yield * value.stream()
 
-          yield enc.encode('\r\n')
+          // '\r\n' encoded
+          yield new Uint8Array([13, 10])
         }
       }