diff --git a/lib/handler/retry-handler.js b/lib/handler/retry-handler.js
index ee2f69a2043..7ec506e21eb 100644
--- a/lib/handler/retry-handler.js
+++ b/lib/handler/retry-handler.js
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class RetryHandler {
     this.start = 0
     this.end = null
     this.etag = null
+    this.statusCode = null
+    this.headers = null
   }
 
   onResponseStartWithRetry (controller, statusCode, headers, statusMessage, err) {
@@ -183,6 +185,8 @@ class RetryHandler {
   onResponseStart (controller, statusCode, headers, statusMessage) {
     this.error = null
     this.retryCount += 1
+    this.statusCode = statusCode
+    this.headers = headers
 
     if (statusCode >= 300) {
       const err = new RequestRetryError('Request failed', statusCode, {
@@ -320,6 +324,16 @@ class RetryHandler {
     }
 
     if (!this.error) {
+      // Verify that the received body length matches the expected range
+      // when we have a finite end position (from Content-Length or Content-Range)
+      if (this.end != null && Number.isFinite(this.end)) {
+        if (this.start !== this.end + 1) {
+          throw new RequestRetryError('Content-Range mismatch', this.statusCode, {
+            headers: this.headers,
+            data: { count: this.retryCount }
+          })
+        }
+      }
       this.retryCount = 0
       return this.handler.onResponseEnd?.(controller, trailers)
     }
diff --git a/test/interceptors/retry.js b/test/interceptors/retry.js
index 05ec772688f..6f4baf77b4d 100644
--- a/test/interceptors/retry.js
+++ b/test/interceptors/retry.js
@@ -458,6 +458,73 @@ test('Should handle 206 partial content - bad-etag', async t => {
   }
 })
 
+test('#4970 - Should reject resumed partial content when body exceeds Content-Range', async t => {
+  t = tspl(t, { plan: 5 })
+
+  let x = 0
+  const injectedResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\nLocation: http://evil.com\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\n\r\n'
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    if (x === 0) {
+      t.ok(true, 'pass')
+      res.setHeader('content-length', '5')
+      res.setHeader('etag', '123')
+      res.write('use')
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        res.destroy()
+      }, 1e2)
+    } else if (x === 1) {
+      t.deepStrictEqual(req.headers.range, 'bytes=3-4')
+      t.deepStrictEqual(req.headers['if-match'], '123')
+      res.statusCode = 206
+      res.setHeader('etag', '123')
+      res.setHeader('content-range', 'bytes 3-4/5')
+      res.end(`r1${injectedResponse}`)
+    }
+    x++
+  })
+
+  const requestOptions = {
+    method: 'GET',
+    path: '/',
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/json'
+    },
+    retryOptions: {
+      retry: (err, { state, opts }, done) => {
+        if (err.message.includes('other side closed')) {
+          setTimeout(done, 100)
+          return
+        }
+
+        return done(err)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  server.listen(0)
+
+  await once(server, 'listening')
+
+  const client = new Client(
+    `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`
+  ).compose(retry())
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await client.close()
+    server.close()
+
+    await once(server, 'close')
+  })
+
+  const response = await client.request(requestOptions)
+  t.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200)
+  await t.rejects(response.body.text(), {
+    name: 'RequestRetryError',
+    code: 'UND_ERR_REQ_RETRY',
+    message: 'Content-Range mismatch'
+  })
+})
+
 test('retrying a request with a body', async t => {
   t = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
   let counter = 0