diff --git a/include/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.h b/include/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.h
index 08ee888eb8a..a693048aba6 100644
--- a/include/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.h
+++ b/include/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.h
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ struct HttpCacheAction : public Action {
   {
     sm = sm_arg;
   };
+  void
+  reset()
+  {
+    cancelled = false;
+  }
+
   HttpCacheSM *sm = nullptr;
 };
 
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@ class HttpCacheSM : public Continuation
     mutex     = amutex;
     captive_action.init(this);
   }
+  void reset();
 
   Action *open_read(const HttpCacheKey *key, URL *url, HTTPHdr *hdr, const OverridableHttpConfigParams *params,
                     time_t pin_in_cache);
diff --git a/src/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.cc b/src/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.cc
index f2ff756f6f5..b8b8ffc867a 100644
--- a/src/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/http/HttpCacheSM.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ HttpCacheSM::HttpCacheSM()
 {
 }
 
+/**
+  Reset captive_action and counters for another cache operations.
+  - e.g. following redirect starts over from cache lookup
+ */
+void
+HttpCacheSM::reset()
+{
+  captive_action.reset();
+
+  open_read_tries  = 0;
+  open_write_tries = 0;
+  open_write_start = 0;
+
+  lookup_max_recursive = 0;
+  current_lookup_level = 0;
+
+  err_code = 0;
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //  HttpCacheSM::state_cache_open_read()
diff --git a/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc b/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
index a54cc7cccc7..56b5f1cac7c 100644
--- a/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
@@ -8540,6 +8540,9 @@ HttpSM::redirect_request(const char *arg_redirect_url, const int arg_redirect_le
   }
 
   dump_header(dbg_ctl_http_hdrs, &t_state.hdr_info.client_request, sm_id, "Framed Client Request..checking");
+
+  // Reset HttpCacheSM for new cache operations
+  cache_sm.reset();
 }
 
 void