diff --git a/internal/rproxy/limits_test.go b/internal/rproxy/limits_test.go
index 2816a4c..f52c27f 100644
--- a/internal/rproxy/limits_test.go
+++ b/internal/rproxy/limits_test.go
@@ -93,10 +93,15 @@ func TestABodyAnnouncedOverItsLimitIsRefusedOnceWAFAllowsIt(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			)
 
-			got := visit(t, newRequest(t, http.MethodPost, addr, "/",
-				bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, tc.size))))
-			if got.status != http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge {
-				t.Errorf("answered %+v, want 413", got)
+			// The visitor sends no Connection: close, so Go's server reads the rest
+			// of the body before it closes the connection. Closed with the rest
+			// unread, the connection is reset while the visitor still sends.
+			conn := dial(t, addr)
+			send(t, conn, post+announcedLength(tc.size)+
+				strings.Repeat("x", tc.size))
+
+			if status := readStatus(t, conn); status != http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge {
+				t.Errorf("status %d, want 413", status)
 			}
 
 			if asked := standIn.question(t); len(asked.body) != tc.asked {