diff --git a/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php b/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
index a1921a52c..f76606df6 100644
--- a/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
+++ b/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ protected function setup_handle($url, $headers, $data, $options) {
 				break;
 			default:
 				curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $options['type']);
-				if (!empty($r['data'])) {
+				if (!empty($data)) {
 					curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
 				}
 		}