diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 42f0bce54a..4315f3a23a 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ func clientGetURLDeadline(dst []byte, url string, deadline time.Time, c clientDo
 
 	go func() {
 		req := AcquireRequest()
+		req.Timeout = timeout
 
 		statusCodeCopy, bodyCopy, errCopy := doRequestFollowRedirectsBuffer(req, dst, url, c)
 		mu.Lock()
@@ -1241,7 +1242,7 @@ func clientDoDeadline(req *Request, resp *Response, deadline time.Time, c client
 	var timedout, responded bool
 
 	go func() {
-		reqCopy.timeout = timeout
+		reqCopy.Timeout = timeout
 		errDo := c.Do(reqCopy, respCopy)
 		mu.Lock()
 		{
@@ -1419,11 +1420,11 @@ func (c *HostClient) doNonNilReqResp(req *Request, resp *Response) (bool, error)
 	}
 
 	var deadline time.Time
-	if req.timeout > 0 {
-		deadline = time.Now().Add(req.timeout)
+	if req.Timeout > 0 {
+		deadline = time.Now().Add(req.Timeout)
 	}
 
-	cc, err := c.acquireConn(req.timeout, req.ConnectionClose())
+	cc, err := c.acquireConn(req.Timeout, req.ConnectionClose())
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -2455,6 +2456,7 @@ func (c *pipelineConnClient) DoDeadline(req *Request, resp *Response, deadline t
 	w := acquirePipelineWork(&c.workPool, timeout)
 	w.respCopy.Header.disableNormalizing = c.DisableHeaderNamesNormalizing
 	w.req = &w.reqCopy
+	w.req.Timeout = timeout
 	w.resp = &w.respCopy
 
 	// Make a copy of the request in order to avoid data races on timeouts
@@ -2733,7 +2735,6 @@ func (c *pipelineConnClient) writer(conn net.Conn, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error
 	defer bw.Flush()
 	chR := c.chR
 	chW := c.chW
-	writeTimeout := c.WriteTimeout
 
 	maxIdleConnDuration := c.MaxIdleConnDuration
 	if maxIdleConnDuration <= 0 {
@@ -2782,11 +2783,17 @@ func (c *pipelineConnClient) writer(conn net.Conn, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error
 
 		w.resp.parseNetConn(conn)
 
-		if writeTimeout > 0 {
+		writeDeadline := w.deadline
+		if c.WriteTimeout > 0 {
+			tmpWriteDeadline := time.Now().Add(c.WriteTimeout)
+			if writeDeadline.IsZero() || tmpWriteDeadline.Before(writeDeadline) {
+				writeDeadline = tmpWriteDeadline
+			}
+		}
+		if !writeDeadline.IsZero() {
 			// Set Deadline every time, since golang has fixed the performance issue
 			// See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/15133#issuecomment-271571395 for details
-			currentTime := time.Now()
-			if err = conn.SetWriteDeadline(currentTime.Add(writeTimeout)); err != nil {
+			if err = conn.SetWriteDeadline(writeDeadline); err != nil {
 				w.err = err
 				w.done <- struct{}{}
 				return err
@@ -2838,7 +2845,6 @@ func (c *pipelineConnClient) reader(conn net.Conn, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error
 	}
 	br := bufio.NewReaderSize(conn, readBufferSize)
 	chR := c.chR
-	readTimeout := c.ReadTimeout
 
 	var (
 		w   *pipelineWork
@@ -2857,11 +2863,17 @@ func (c *pipelineConnClient) reader(conn net.Conn, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error
 			}
 		}
 
-		if readTimeout > 0 {
+		readDeadline := w.deadline
+		if c.ReadTimeout > 0 {
+			tmpReadDeadline := time.Now().Add(c.ReadTimeout)
+			if readDeadline.IsZero() || tmpReadDeadline.Before(readDeadline) {
+				readDeadline = tmpReadDeadline
+			}
+		}
+		if !readDeadline.IsZero() {
 			// Set Deadline every time, since golang has fixed the performance issue
 			// See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/15133#issuecomment-271571395 for details
-			currentTime := time.Now()
-			if err = conn.SetReadDeadline(currentTime.Add(readTimeout)); err != nil {
+			if err = conn.SetReadDeadline(readDeadline); err != nil {
 				w.err = err
 				w.done <- struct{}{}
 				return err
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 0cf1bfed1f..ca012c3680 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type Request struct {
 
 	// Request timeout. Usually set by DoDeadline or DoTimeout
 	// if <= 0, means not set
-	timeout time.Duration
+	Timeout time.Duration
 
 	// Use Host header (request.Header.SetHost) instead of the host from SetRequestURI, SetHost, or URI().SetHost
 	UseHostHeader bool
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ func (req *Request) Reset() {
 	}
 	req.Header.Reset()
 	req.resetSkipHeader()
-	req.timeout = 0
+	req.Timeout = 0
 	req.UseHostHeader = false
 }