diff --git a/modules/http/http_request.c b/modules/http/http_request.c
index fdc49b404f..445ba5a531 100644
--- a/modules/http/http_request.c
+++ b/modules/http/http_request.c
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ API_EXPORT(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_file(const char *new_file,
     rnew->request_config = ap_create_request_config(rnew->pool);
     rnew->htaccess       = r->htaccess;
     rnew->chunked        = r->chunked;
+    rnew->allowed_methods = ap_make_method_list(rnew->pool, 2);
 
     /* make a copy of the allowed-methods list */
     ap_copy_method_list(rnew->allowed_methods, r->allowed_methods);