diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index f3b1507d..13a54608 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -344,6 +344,31 @@ impl ErrorResponse for WsHandshakeError {
     }
 }
 
+/// A set of errors that can occur during parsing urlencoded payloads
+#[derive(Fail, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum UrlencodedError {
+    /// Can not decode chunked transfer encoding
+    #[fail(display="Can not decode chunked transfer encoding")]
+    Chunked,
+    /// Payload size is bigger than 256k
+    #[fail(display="Payload size is bigger than 256k")]
+    Overflow,
+    /// Payload size is now known
+    #[fail(display="Payload size is now known")]
+    UnknownLength,
+    /// Content type error
+    #[fail(display="Content type error")]
+    ContentType,
+}
+
+/// Return `BadRequest` for `UrlencodedError`
+impl ErrorResponse for UrlencodedError {
+
+    fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse {
+        HttpResponse::new(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, Body::Empty)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::error::Error as StdError;
diff --git a/src/httprequest.rs b/src/httprequest.rs
index 25abc16c..f2c1d601 100644
--- a/src/httprequest.rs
+++ b/src/httprequest.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use {Cookie, HttpRange};
 use recognizer::Params;
 use payload::Payload;
 use multipart::Multipart;
-use error::{ParseError, PayloadError, MultipartError, CookieParseError, HttpRangeError};
+use error::{ParseError, PayloadError,
+            MultipartError, CookieParseError, HttpRangeError, UrlencodedError};
 
 struct HttpMessage {
     version: Version,
@@ -306,36 +307,41 @@ impl<S> HttpRequest<S> {
     /// * content type is not `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
     /// * transfer encoding is `chunked`.
     /// * content-length is greater than 256k
-    pub fn urlencoded(&self, payload: Payload) -> Result<UrlEncoded, Payload> {
-        if let Ok(chunked) = self.chunked() {
-            if chunked {
-                return Err(payload)
-            }
+    pub fn urlencoded(&mut self) -> Result<UrlEncoded, UrlencodedError> {
+        if let Ok(true) = self.chunked() {
+            return Err(UrlencodedError::Chunked)
         }
 
         if let Some(len) = self.headers().get(header::CONTENT_LENGTH) {
             if let Ok(s) = len.to_str() {
                 if let Ok(len) = s.parse::<u64>() {
                     if len > 262_144 {
-                        return Err(payload)
+                        return Err(UrlencodedError::Overflow)
                     }
                 } else {
-                    return Err(payload)
+                    return Err(UrlencodedError::UnknownLength)
                 }
             } else {
-                return Err(payload)
+                return Err(UrlencodedError::UnknownLength)
             }
         }
 
-        if let Some(content_type) = self.0.headers.get(header::CONTENT_TYPE) {
+        // check content type
+        let t = if let Some(content_type) = self.0.headers.get(header::CONTENT_TYPE) {
             if let Ok(content_type) = content_type.to_str() {
-                if content_type.to_lowercase() == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" {
-                    return Ok(UrlEncoded{pl: payload, body: BytesMut::new()})
-                }
+                content_type.to_lowercase() == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
+            } else {
+                false
             }
-        }
+        } else {
+            false
+        };
 
-        Err(payload)
+        if t {
+            Ok(UrlEncoded{pl: self.take_payload(), body: BytesMut::new()})
+        } else {
+            Err(UrlencodedError::ContentType)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -409,43 +415,39 @@ mod tests {
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
         headers.insert(header::TRANSFER_ENCODING,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("chunked"));
-        let req = HttpRequest::new(
+        let mut req = HttpRequest::new(
             Method::GET, "/".to_owned(), Version::HTTP_11, headers, String::new(), Payload::empty());
 
-        let (_, payload) = Payload::new(false);
-        assert!(req.urlencoded(payload).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(req.urlencoded().err().unwrap(), UrlencodedError::Chunked);
 
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
         headers.insert(header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
         headers.insert(header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("xxxx"));
-        let req = HttpRequest::new(
+        let mut req = HttpRequest::new(
             Method::GET, "/".to_owned(), Version::HTTP_11, headers, String::new(), Payload::empty());
 
-        let (_, payload) = Payload::new(false);
-        assert!(req.urlencoded(payload).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(req.urlencoded().err().unwrap(), UrlencodedError::UnknownLength);
 
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
         headers.insert(header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
         headers.insert(header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("1000000"));
-        let req = HttpRequest::new(
+        let mut req = HttpRequest::new(
             Method::GET, "/".to_owned(), Version::HTTP_11, headers, String::new(), Payload::empty());
 
-        let (_, payload) = Payload::new(false);
-        assert!(req.urlencoded(payload).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(req.urlencoded().err().unwrap(), UrlencodedError::Overflow);
 
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
         headers.insert(header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("text/plain"));
         headers.insert(header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
                        header::HeaderValue::from_static("10"));
-        let req = HttpRequest::new(
+        let mut req = HttpRequest::new(
             Method::GET, "/".to_owned(), Version::HTTP_11, headers, String::new(), Payload::empty());
 
-        let (_, payload) = Payload::new(false);
-        assert!(req.urlencoded(payload).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(req.urlencoded().err().unwrap(), UrlencodedError::ContentType);
     }
 }