diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go-http/template.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-go-http/template.go
index 618319563..c4f5cc44b 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go-http/template.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go-http/template.go
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ func Register{{.ServiceType}}HTTPServer(s http1.ServiceRegistrar, srv {{.Service
 {{range .Methods}}
 func _HTTP_{{$.ServiceType}}_{{.Name}}_{{.Num}}(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, dec func(interface{}) error) (interface{}, error) {
 	var in {{.Request}}
-{{if ne (len .Vars) 0}}
-	if err := http1.BindVars(req, &in); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-{{end}}
 {{if eq .Body ""}}
 	if err := http1.BindForm(req, &in); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -35,6 +30,11 @@ func _HTTP_{{$.ServiceType}}_{{.Name}}_{{.Num}}(srv interface{}, ctx context.Con
 	if err := dec(in{{.Body}}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+{{end}}
+{{if ne (len .Vars) 0}}
+	if err := http1.BindVars(req, &in); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 {{end}}
 	out, err := srv.({{$.ServiceType}}Server).{{.Name}}(ctx, &in)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/transport/http/default.go b/transport/http/default.go
index 61f7e1576..d1a59e95f 100644
--- a/transport/http/default.go
+++ b/transport/http/default.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ func contentSubtype(contentType string) string {
 	// guaranteed since != baseContentType and has baseContentType prefix
 	switch contentType[len(baseContentType)] {
 	case '/', ';':
-		// this will return true for "application/grpc+" or "application/grpc;"
-		// which the previous validContentType function tested to be valid, so we
-		// just say that no content-subtype is specified in this case
+		if i := strings.Index(contentType, ";"); i != -1 {
+			return contentType[len(baseContentType)+1 : i]
+		}
 		return contentType[len(baseContentType)+1:]
 	default:
 		return ""
diff --git a/transport/http/default_test.go b/transport/http/default_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..044f5be2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport/http/default_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package http
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSubtype(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"application/json", "json"},
+		{"application/json;", "json"},
+		{"application/json; charset=utf-8", "json"},
+		{"application/", ""},
+		{"application", ""},
+		{"foo", ""},
+		{"", ""},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		if contentSubtype(test.input) != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s got %s", test.expected, test.input)
+		}
+	}
+}