diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/shims/server.ts b/packages/vinext/src/shims/server.ts
index 48ca78a64..d105811d8 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/shims/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/shims/server.ts
@@ -75,12 +75,16 @@ export class NextRequest extends Request {
     // to avoid Node.js undici issues with passing Request objects directly to super()
     if (input instanceof Request) {
       const req = input;
+      // Gate body copy on method. Per the Fetch spec, init.body being non-null
+      // with method GET/HEAD throws. In Cloudflare Workers an incoming GET/HEAD
+      // can expose `body` as a non-null (often empty) ReadableStream when the
+      // request carries Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding framing, so an
+      // unconditional `body: req.body` makes the super() call throw.
+      const passBody = req.method !== "GET" && req.method !== "HEAD";
       super(req.url, {
         method: req.method,
         headers: req.headers,
-        body: req.body,
-        // @ts-expect-error - duplex is not in RequestInit type but needed for streams
-        duplex: req.body ? "half" : undefined,
+        ...(passBody ? { body: req.body, duplex: req.body ? "half" : undefined } : {}),
         ...requestInit,
       });
     } else {
diff --git a/tests/shims.test.ts b/tests/shims.test.ts
index 95fb5479a..85dea1c4d 100644
--- a/tests/shims.test.ts
+++ b/tests/shims.test.ts
@@ -4963,6 +4963,47 @@ describe("NextURL basePath and locale properties", () => {
     expect(req.nextUrl.pathname).toBe("/dashboard");
     expect(req.nextUrl.href).toBe("http://localhost/app/fr/dashboard");
   });
+
+  // Regression: in Cloudflare Workers, an incoming GET/HEAD request that
+  // carries Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding framing exposes
+  // `request.body` as a non-null ReadableStream. Copying that into super()'s
+  // init made the Request constructor throw
+  // "Request with a GET or HEAD method cannot have a body.", which broke
+  // every middleware invocation for affected traffic (e.g. email-pixel GETs).
+  // We reproduce the same shape in Node.js by overriding the body getter on a
+  // normal Request instance.
+  it("NextRequest does not throw when input Request has a non-null body on GET/HEAD", async () => {
+    const { NextRequest } = await import("../packages/vinext/src/shims/server.js");
+
+    const withFakeBody = (method: "GET" | "HEAD"): Request => {
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/x", { method });
+      Object.defineProperty(req, "body", {
+        configurable: true,
+        get: () => new ReadableStream(),
+      });
+      return req;
+    };
+
+    const getReq = withFakeBody("GET");
+    expect(getReq.body).not.toBeNull();
+    const wrappedGet = new NextRequest(getReq);
+    // Body must not be forwarded into the wrapped request on GET/HEAD.
+    expect(wrappedGet.body).toBeNull();
+    expect(wrappedGet.method).toBe("GET");
+
+    const headReq = withFakeBody("HEAD");
+    const wrappedHead = new NextRequest(headReq);
+    expect(wrappedHead.body).toBeNull();
+    expect(wrappedHead.method).toBe("HEAD");
+  });
+
+  it("NextRequest preserves body for non-GET/HEAD methods", async () => {
+    const { NextRequest } = await import("../packages/vinext/src/shims/server.js");
+    const post = new Request("http://localhost/x", { method: "POST", body: "hello" });
+    const wrapped = new NextRequest(post);
+    expect(wrapped.method).toBe("POST");
+    expect(await wrapped.text()).toBe("hello");
+  });
 });
 
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