diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hassio/http.py b/homeassistant/components/hassio/http.py
index cabe6f085ba..419d80484cf 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hassio/http.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hassio/http.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class HassIOView(HomeAssistantView):
                 method=request.method,
                 url=f"http://{self._host}/{quote(path)}",
                 params=request.query,
-                data=request.content,
+                data=request.content if request.method != "GET" else None,
                 headers=headers,
                 timeout=_get_timeout(path),
             )
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py b/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py
index dc4f3234b60..b8c5873b967 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hassio/ingress.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class HassIOIngress(HomeAssistantView):
             headers=source_header,
             params=request.query,
             allow_redirects=False,
-            data=request.content,
+            data=request.content if request.method != "GET" else None,
             timeout=ClientTimeout(total=None),
             skip_auto_headers={hdrs.CONTENT_TYPE},
         ) as result:
diff --git a/tests/components/hassio/test_http.py b/tests/components/hassio/test_http.py
index e659fbe4b8f..2e14c21f20a 100644
--- a/tests/components/hassio/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/components/hassio/test_http.py
@@ -450,11 +450,26 @@ async def test_backup_download_headers(
 
 async def test_stream(hassio_client, aioclient_mock: AiohttpClientMocker) -> None:
     """Verify that the request is a stream."""
-    aioclient_mock.get("http://127.0.0.1/app/entrypoint.js")
-    await hassio_client.get("/api/hassio/app/entrypoint.js", data="test")
+    content_type = "multipart/form-data; boundary='--webkit'"
+    aioclient_mock.post("http://127.0.0.1/backups/new/upload")
+    resp = await hassio_client.post(
+        "/api/hassio/backups/new/upload", headers={"Content-Type": content_type}
+    )
+    # Check we got right response
+    assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.OK
     assert isinstance(aioclient_mock.mock_calls[-1][2], StreamReader)
 
 
+async def test_simple_get_no_stream(
+    hassio_client, aioclient_mock: AiohttpClientMocker
+) -> None:
+    """Verify that a simple GET request is not a stream."""
+    aioclient_mock.get("http://127.0.0.1/app/entrypoint.js")
+    resp = await hassio_client.get("/api/hassio/app/entrypoint.js")
+    assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.OK
+    assert aioclient_mock.mock_calls[-1][2] is None
+
+
 async def test_entrypoint_cache_control(
     hassio_client, aioclient_mock: AiohttpClientMocker
 ) -> None: