diff --git a/dvc/remote/http.py b/dvc/remote/http.py
index bf7e93adb..b93adc395 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/http.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/http.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class RemoteHTTP(RemoteBASE):
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise HTTPError(response.status_code, response.reason)
         with Tqdm(
-            total=None if no_progress_bar else self._content_length(response),
+            total=None if no_progress_bar else self._content_length(from_info),
             leave=False,
             bytes=True,
             desc=from_info.url if name is None else name,
diff --git a/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py b/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py
index c0d3bd42b..dbd54bcd1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/unit/remote/test_http.py
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ def test_download_fails_on_error_code(dvc_repo):
         remote = RemoteHTTP(dvc_repo, config)
 
         with pytest.raises(HTTPError):
-            remote._download(URLInfo(url) / "file.txt", "file.txt")
+            remote._download(URLInfo(url) / "missing.txt", "missing.txt")