diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php b/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
index c57b9e37a1b3..06b64b3c475e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
@@ -264,17 +264,17 @@ public function request($method, $uri, array $parameters = array(), array $files
             $this->response = $this->doRequest($this->request);
         }
 
-        $response = $this->filterResponse($this->response);
+        $this->response = $this->filterResponse($this->response);
 
-        $this->cookieJar->updateFromResponse($response);
+        $this->cookieJar->updateFromResponse($this->response);
 
-        $this->redirect = $response->getHeader('Location');
+        $this->redirect = $this->response->getHeader('Location');
 
         if ($this->followRedirects && $this->redirect) {
             return $this->crawler = $this->followRedirect();
         }
 
-        return $this->crawler = $this->createCrawlerFromContent($request->getUri(), $response->getContent(), $response->getHeader('Content-Type'));
+        return $this->crawler = $this->createCrawlerFromContent($request->getUri(), $this->response->getContent(), $this->response->getHeader('Content-Type'));
     }
 
     /**