diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/DataCollector/HttpClientDataCollector.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/DataCollector/HttpClientDataCollector.php
index 96bbe695b92ea..badb8badf1cd5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/DataCollector/HttpClientDataCollector.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/DataCollector/HttpClientDataCollector.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private function collectOnClient(TraceableHttpClient $client): array
 
             unset($info['filetime'], $info['http_code'], $info['ssl_verify_result'], $info['content_type']);
 
-            if ($trace['method'] === $info['http_method']) {
+            if ($trace['method'] === ($info['http_method'] ?? null)) {
                 unset($info['http_method']);
             }