diff --git a/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5HTTPRequest.hx b/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5HTTPRequest.hx
index dbe66b963..5467625a0 100644
--- a/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5HTTPRequest.hx
+++ b/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5HTTPRequest.hx
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ class HTML5HTTPRequest {
 					
 					bytes = Bytes.ofString (request.responseText);
 					
+				} else {
+					
+					bytes = Bytes.ofData (request.response);
+					
 				}
 				
-				bytes = Bytes.ofData (request.response);
-				
 				processResponse ();
 				promise.complete (bytes);