diff --git a/internal/coreruleset/coreruleset_test.go b/internal/coreruleset/coreruleset_test.go
index 0d85082..b7f1524 100644
--- a/internal/coreruleset/coreruleset_test.go
+++ b/internal/coreruleset/coreruleset_test.go
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ var hardValues = []string{"python3", "powershell", "ls%20-la", ".htaccess"}
 
 // wantRecordedRequestsPass checks that none of the recorded ordinary
 // requests in the file name in testdata is refused, at the defaults and
-// while bodies are read. Each request runs as its own parallel subtest.
+// while bodies are read. A request with no body is checked only at the
+// defaults: reading bodies changes nothing for it. Each request runs as its
+// own parallel subtest.
 func wantRecordedRequestsPass(t *testing.T, name string) {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -639,6 +641,10 @@ func wantRecordedRequestsPass(t *testing.T, name string) {
 				t.Errorf("%s %s refused: %+v", r.method, r.target, got)
 			}
 
+			if recorded.Body == "" {
+				return
+			}
+
 			got, _ = inspectBody(t, bodies, r, recorded.Body)
 			if got.Score >= threshold {
 				t.Errorf("%s %s %.200q refused while bodies are read: %+v",