diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxy.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxy.java
index b006bf80b4..69db2c055d 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxy.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxy.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public boolean isConsumed() {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isRepeatable() {
-        return consumed && original.isRepeatable();
+        return !consumed || original.isRepeatable();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxyTest.java b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba2f2cc236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/RequestEntityProxyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
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+ *
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+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpRequest;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+class RequestEntityProxyTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testEnhanceWrapsNonRepeatableEntity() {
+        final HttpEntity entity = Mockito.mock(HttpEntity.class);
+        Mockito.when(entity.isRepeatable()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        final ClassicHttpRequest request = Mockito.mock(ClassicHttpRequest.class);
+        Mockito.when(request.getEntity()).thenReturn(entity);
+
+        RequestEntityProxy.enhance(request);
+
+        final ArgumentCaptor<HttpEntity> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(HttpEntity.class);
+        Mockito.verify(request).setEntity(captor.capture());
+        final HttpEntity proxy = captor.getValue();
+
+        Assertions.assertInstanceOf(RequestEntityProxy.class, proxy, "Entity should be wrapped as RequestEntityProxy");
+        Assertions.assertSame(entity, ((RequestEntityProxy) proxy).getOriginal(), "The proxy should wrap the original entity");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEnhanceDoesNotWrapRepeatableEntity() {
+        final HttpEntity entity = Mockito.mock(HttpEntity.class);
+        Mockito.when(entity.isRepeatable()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        final ClassicHttpRequest request = Mockito.mock(ClassicHttpRequest.class);
+        Mockito.when(request.getEntity()).thenReturn(entity);
+
+        RequestEntityProxy.enhance(request);
+
+        Mockito.verify(request, never()).setEntity(any(HttpEntity.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testIsRepeatableBehavior() throws IOException {
+        final HttpEntity entity = Mockito.mock(HttpEntity.class);
+        Mockito.when(entity.isRepeatable()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        final RequestEntityProxy proxy = new RequestEntityProxy(entity);
+
+        Assertions.assertTrue(proxy.isRepeatable(), "Proxy should be repeatable before consumption");
+
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        proxy.writeTo(out);
+
+        Assertions.assertFalse(proxy.isRepeatable(), "Proxy should not be repeatable after consumption");
+    }
+}