diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DecompressingEntity.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DecompressingEntity.java
index 00d70f11a..32c5e5177 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DecompressingEntity.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DecompressingEntity.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.entity.HttpEntityWrapper;
 import org.apache.http.util.Args;
-import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 
 /**
  * Common base class for decompressing {@link HttpEntity} implementations.
@@ -47,8 +46,8 @@ abstract class DecompressingEntity extends HttpEntityWrapper {
     private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 2;
 
     /**
-     * DecompressingEntities are not repeatable, so they will return the same
-     * InputStream instance when {@link #getContent()} is called.
+     * {@link #getContent()} method must return the same {@link InputStream}
+     * instance when DecompressingEntity is wrapping a streaming entity.
      */
     private InputStream content;
 
@@ -62,25 +61,30 @@ abstract class DecompressingEntity extends HttpEntityWrapper {
         super(wrapped);
     }
 
-    abstract InputStream getDecompressingInputStream(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException;
+    abstract InputStream decorate(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException;
+
+    private InputStream getDecompressingStream() throws IOException {
+        InputStream in = wrappedEntity.getContent();
+        try {
+            return decorate(in);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            in.close();
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     @Override
     public InputStream getContent() throws IOException {
-        try {
-            if (wrappedEntity.isStreaming()) {
-                if (content == null) {
-                    content = getDecompressingInputStream(wrappedEntity.getContent());
-                }
-                return content;
-            } else {
-                return getDecompressingInputStream(wrappedEntity.getContent());
+        if (wrappedEntity.isStreaming()) {
+            if (content == null) {
+                content = getDecompressingStream();
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            EntityUtils.consume(wrappedEntity);
-            throw e;
+            return content;
+        } else {
+            return getDecompressingStream();
         }
     }
 
@@ -93,9 +97,7 @@ abstract class DecompressingEntity extends HttpEntityWrapper {
         InputStream instream = getContent();
         try {
             byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
-
             int l;
-
             while ((l = instream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                 outstream.write(buffer, 0, l);
             }
diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DeflateDecompressingEntity.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DeflateDecompressingEntity.java
index bb9cbf8b0..e74dc4ecd 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DeflateDecompressingEntity.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/DeflateDecompressingEntity.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class DeflateDecompressingEntity extends DecompressingEntity {
      * @throws IOException if there was a problem
      */
     @Override
-    InputStream getDecompressingInputStream(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException {
+    InputStream decorate(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException {
         /*
          * A zlib stream will have a header.
          *
diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/GzipDecompressingEntity.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/GzipDecompressingEntity.java
index 9e22eb451..b858f8b00 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/GzipDecompressingEntity.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/GzipDecompressingEntity.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class GzipDecompressingEntity extends DecompressingEntity {
     }
 
     @Override
-    InputStream getDecompressingInputStream(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException {
+    InputStream decorate(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException {
         return new GZIPInputStream(wrapped);
     }
 
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/TestDecompressingEntity.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/TestDecompressingEntity.java
index e3bf408d3..90d08216b 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/TestDecompressingEntity.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/client/entity/TestDecompressingEntity.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class TestDecompressingEntity {
         }
 
         @Override
-        InputStream getDecompressingInputStream(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException {
+        InputStream decorate(final InputStream wrapped) throws IOException {
             return new CheckedInputStream(wrapped, this.checksum);
         }