diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index 3c1963d6b..d0d2a71d9 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7"
 open-ssl = { version = "0.10", package = "openssl", optional = true }
 rust-tls = { version = "0.18.0", package = "rustls", optional = true, features = ["dangerous_configuration"] }
+if_chain = "1.0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-connect = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["openssl"] }
diff --git a/awc/src/connect.rs b/awc/src/connect.rs
index 96b8b29ef..1a1b55d19 100644
--- a/awc/src/connect.rs
+++ b/awc/src/connect.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use if_chain::if_chain;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -135,22 +136,21 @@ where
 
                 match resp {
                     Ok((resphead, payload)) => {
-                        if resphead.status.is_redirection() {
-                            reqhead.uri = resphead
-                                .headers
-                                .get(actix_http::http::header::LOCATION)
-                                .unwrap()
-                                .to_str()
-                                .unwrap()
-                                .parse::<Uri>()
-                                .unwrap();
-                            return deal_with_redirects(
-                                backend.clone(),
-                                reqhead,
-                                reqbody,
-                                addr,
-                            )
-                            .await;
+                        if_chain! {
+                            if resphead.status.is_redirection();
+                            if let Some(location_value) = resphead.headers.get(actix_http::http::header::LOCATION);
+                            if let Ok(location_str) = location_value.to_str();
+                            if let Ok(location_uri) = location_str.parse::<Uri>();
+                            then {
+                                reqhead.uri = location_uri;
+                                return deal_with_redirects(
+                                    backend.clone(),
+                                    reqhead,
+                                    reqbody,
+                                    addr,
+                                )
+                                .await;
+                            }
                         }
                         Ok(ClientResponse::new(resphead, payload))
                     }