diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp
index bdc6f40590220c4f43e7644a5da99cddf09cc490..eb5cc29ac2bcd1fa2606ca25f0599d8ffdf88d45 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ void LLViewerMediaImpl::mimeDiscoveryCoro(std::string url)
 
     mMimeProbe = httpAdapter;
 
-    httpOpts->setFollowRedirects(true);
+    httpOpts->setFollowRedirects(false);
     httpOpts->setHeadersOnly(true);
 
     httpHeaders->append(HTTP_OUT_HEADER_ACCEPT, "*/*");