diff --git a/lib/cw-out.c b/lib/cw-out.c
index 31d6b8f8b5..437ded3a66 100644
--- a/lib/cw-out.c
+++ b/lib/cw-out.c
@@ -254,12 +254,14 @@ static CURLcode cw_out_ptr_flush(struct cw_out_ctx *ctx,
         break;
       wlen = max_write ? CURLMIN(blen, max_write) : blen;
       if(otype == CW_OUT_BODY)
-        result = Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(data, wlen);
+        result = Curl_pgrs_deliver_check(data, wlen);
       if(!result)
         result = cw_out_cb_write(ctx, data, wcb, wcb_data, otype,
                                  buf, wlen, &nwritten);
       if(result)
         return result;
+      if(otype == CW_OUT_BODY && nwritten)
+        Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(data, nwritten);
       *pconsumed += nwritten;
       blen -= nwritten;
       buf += nwritten;
diff --git a/lib/progress.c b/lib/progress.c
index f01919ff26..f21f50eb3b 100644
--- a/lib/progress.c
+++ b/lib/progress.c
@@ -342,15 +342,21 @@ void Curl_pgrsStartNow(struct Curl_easy *data)
 
 /* this counts how much data is delivered to the application, which
    in compressed cases may differ from downloaded amount */
-CURLcode Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta)
+CURLcode Curl_pgrs_deliver_check(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta)
 {
   if(data->set.max_filesize &&
      ((curl_off_t)delta > data->set.max_filesize - data->progress.deliver))
     return CURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED;
-  data->progress.deliver += delta;
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
+/* the check is already done, this is okay */
+void Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta)
+{
+  data->progress.deliver += delta;
+}
+
+
 void Curl_pgrs_download_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta)
 {
   if(delta) {
diff --git a/lib/progress.h b/lib/progress.h
index 020113087c..82b0ec7e8c 100644
--- a/lib/progress.h
+++ b/lib/progress.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ int Curl_pgrsDone(struct Curl_easy *data);
 void Curl_pgrsStartNow(struct Curl_easy *data);
 void Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
 void Curl_pgrsSetUploadSize(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
-CURLcode Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
+CURLcode Curl_pgrs_deliver_check(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
+void Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
 void Curl_pgrs_download_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
 void Curl_pgrs_upload_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
 void Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);