diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index c2ae20507ca5f..ec2d116134b3c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ public function setMethod($method)
      */
     public function getMethod()
     {
-        if (null === $this->method) {
+        if (null === $this->method || self::$httpMethodParameterOverride) {
             $this->method = strtoupper($this->server->get('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET'));
 
             if ('POST' === $this->method) {