diff --git a/http-client-spi/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/DefaultSdkHttpFullRequest.java b/http-client-spi/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/DefaultSdkHttpFullRequest.java
index fe90792399ee..1de1f71191b9 100644
--- a/http-client-spi/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/DefaultSdkHttpFullRequest.java
+++ b/http-client-spi/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/DefaultSdkHttpFullRequest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ private DefaultSdkHttpFullRequest(Builder builder) {
         this.queryParameters = deepUnmodifiableMap(builder.queryParameters, () -> new LinkedHashMap<>());
         this.httpMethod = Validate.paramNotNull(builder.httpMethod, "method");
         this.headers = deepUnmodifiableMap(builder.headers, () -> new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER));
-        this.contentStreamProvider = builder.contentStreamProvider;
+        this.contentStreamProvider = standardizeBody(builder.contentStreamProvider);
     }
 
     private String standardizeProtocol(String protocol) {
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ private Integer standardizePort(Integer port) {
         return port;
     }
 
+    private ContentStreamProvider standardizeBody(ContentStreamProvider contentStreamProvider) {
+        if (httpMethod.equals(SdkHttpMethod.GET)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return contentStreamProvider;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String protocol() {
         return protocol;
diff --git a/http-client-spi/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/SdkHttpRequestResponseTest.java b/http-client-spi/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/SdkHttpRequestResponseTest.java
index b85021cbd004..74b42cb272cf 100644
--- a/http-client-spi/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/SdkHttpRequestResponseTest.java
+++ b/http-client-spi/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/SdkHttpRequestResponseTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -34,6 +35,16 @@
  * interfaces.
  */
 public class SdkHttpRequestResponseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void contentStreamProviderNullOnGets() {
+        assertThat(validRequestBuilder().contentStreamProvider(() -> new ByteArrayInputStream("test".getBytes()))
+                                        .method(SdkHttpMethod.GET)
+                                        .build()
+                                        .contentStreamProvider())
+            .isNotPresent();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void optionalValuesAreOptional() {
         assertThat(validRequest().contentStreamProvider()).isNotPresent();