diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
index 54a648877e..c59d919f8d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
@@ -208,13 +208,16 @@ export class CRNetworkManager {
     } else {
       const existingRequest = this._requestIdToRequest.get(requestId);
       const alreadyContinuedParams = existingRequest?._route?._alreadyContinuedParams;
-      if (alreadyContinuedParams) {
+      if (alreadyContinuedParams && !event.redirectedRequestId) {
         // Sometimes Chromium network stack restarts the request internally.
         // For example, when no-cors request hits a "less public address space", it should be resent with cors.
         // There are some more examples here: https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:services/network/url_loader.cc;l=1205-1234;drc=d5dd931e0ad3d9ffe74888ec62a3cc106efd7ea6
         // There are probably even more cases deep inside the network stack.
         //
         // Anyway, in this case, continue the request in the same way as before, and it should go through.
+        //
+        // Note: make sure not to prematurely continue the redirect, which shares the
+        // `networkId` between the original request and the redirect.
         this._session._sendMayFail('Fetch.continueRequest', {
           ...alreadyContinuedParams,
           requestId: event.requestId,