diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
index 4e22a27dd6..36ade499cf 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export class Request extends ChannelOwner<channels.RequestChannel> implements ap
     if (this._redirectedFrom)
       this._redirectedFrom._redirectedTo = this;
     this._provisionalHeaders = new RawHeaders(initializer.headers);
-    this._fallbackOverrides.postDataBuffer = initializer.postData;
     this._timing = {
       startTime: 0,
       domainLookupStart: -1,
@@ -128,11 +127,11 @@ export class Request extends ChannelOwner<channels.RequestChannel> implements ap
   }
 
   postData(): string | null {
-    return this._fallbackOverrides.postDataBuffer?.toString('utf-8') || null;
+    return (this._fallbackOverrides.postDataBuffer || this._initializer.postData)?.toString('utf-8') || null;
   }
 
   postDataBuffer(): Buffer | null {
-    return this._fallbackOverrides.postDataBuffer || null;
+    return this._fallbackOverrides.postDataBuffer || this._initializer.postData || null;
   }
 
   postDataJSON(): Object | null {
diff --git a/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts
index 1b7f78e40d..9230bb5fa8 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-request-continue.spec.ts
@@ -477,3 +477,46 @@ it('should intercept css variable with background url', async ({ page, server })
   await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
   expect(interceptedRequests).toBe(1);
 });
+
+it('continue should not change multipart/form-data body', async ({ page, server, browserName }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/19158' });
+  await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+  server.setRoute('/upload', (request, response) => {
+    response.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    response.end('done');
+  });
+  async function sendFormData() {
+    const reqPromise = server.waitForRequest('/upload');
+    const status = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+      const newFile = new File(['file content'], 'file.txt');
+      const formData = new FormData();
+      formData.append('file', newFile);
+      const response = await fetch('/upload', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        credentials: 'include',
+        body: formData,
+      });
+      return response.status;
+    });
+    const req = await reqPromise;
+    expect(status).toBe(200);
+    return req;
+  }
+  const reqBefore = await sendFormData();
+  await page.route('**/*', async route => {
+    await route.continue();
+  });
+  const reqAfter = await sendFormData();
+  const fileContent = [
+    'Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"file.txt\"',
+    'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
+    '',
+    'file content',
+    '------'].join('\r\n');
+  expect.soft((await reqBefore.postBody).toString('utf8')).toContain(fileContent);
+  expect.soft((await reqAfter.postBody).toString('utf8')).toContain(fileContent);
+  // Firefox sends a bit longer boundary.
+  const expectedLength = browserName === 'firefox' ? '246' : '208';
+  expect.soft(reqBefore.headers['content-length']).toBe(expectedLength);
+  expect.soft(reqAfter.headers['content-length']).toBe(expectedLength);
+});