diff --git a/src/urllib3/connectionpool.py b/src/urllib3/connectionpool.py
index c48a3080ac..26c4bd70ab 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/connectionpool.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/connectionpool.py
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ def drain_and_release_conn(response):
                 timeout=timeout,
                 pool_timeout=pool_timeout,
                 release_conn=release_conn,
-                chunked=False,
+                chunked=chunked,
                 body_pos=body_pos,
                 **response_kw
             )