diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
index b18a3ecbdc62..c0fd95ea6b66 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class BinaryFileResponse extends Response
      * @var File
      */
     protected $file;
-    protected $offset;
-    protected $maxlen;
+    protected $offset = 0;
+    protected $maxlen = -1;
     protected $deleteFileAfterSend = false;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
index e41a2372b9df..031c9bbca3f2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
@@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ public function provideFullFileRanges()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testUnpreparedResponseSendsFullFile()
+    {
+        $response = BinaryFileResponse::create(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif', 200);
+
+        $data = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif');
+
+        $this->expectOutputString($data);
+        $response = clone $response;
+        $response->sendContent();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideInvalidRanges
      */