diff --git a/lib/imap.c b/lib/imap.c
index d093e46d33..9d58bec4ec 100644
--- a/lib/imap.c
+++ b/lib/imap.c
@@ -1214,8 +1214,6 @@ static CURLcode imap_state_listsearch_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
         /* This is a literal response, setup to receive the body data */
         infof(data, "Found %" FMT_OFF_T " bytes to download", size);
-        /* Progress size includes both header line and literal body */
-        Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(data, size + len);
 
         /* First write the header line */
         result = Curl_client_write(data, CLIENTWRITE_BODY, line, len);
@@ -1268,6 +1266,9 @@ static CURLcode imap_state_listsearch_resp(struct Curl_easy *data,
         else
           size += len;
 
+        /* Progress size includes both header line and literal body */
+        Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(data, size);
+
         if(data->req.bytecount == size)
           /* All data already transferred (header + literal body) */
           Curl_xfer_setup_nop(data);