diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp
index 13f80bbf3c..d1ea31c9c5 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp
@@ -937,13 +937,11 @@ BHttpRequest::_SendHeaders()
 		for (BNetworkCookieJar::UrlIterator it
 				= fContext->GetCookieJar().GetUrlIterator(fUrl);
 				(cookie = it.Next()) != NULL;) {
+			if (cookieString.Length() > 0)
+				cookieString << "; ";
 			cookieString << cookie->RawCookie(false);
-			cookieString << "; ";
 		}
 
-		// Remove the extra "; " we added after the last item.
-		cookieString.Truncate(cookieString.Length() - 2);
-
 		if (cookieString.Length() > 0)
 			fOutputHeaders.AddHeader("Cookie", cookieString);
 	}