diff --git a/lib/socket.io/client.js b/lib/socket.io/client.js
index 4c2c92fc54..a96af3e2d6 100644
--- a/lib/socket.io/client.js
+++ b/lib/socket.io/client.js
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ Client.prototype._onClose = function(skipDisconnect){
     this.connection.destroy();
     this.connection = null;
   }
-  this.request = null;
-  this.response = null;
+  if(!this.dont_clear_request){
+    this.request = null;
+    this.response = null;
+    this.dont_clear_request = false;
+  }
   if (skipDisconnect !== false){
     if (this.handshaked){
       this._disconnectTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
diff --git a/lib/socket.io/transports/jsonp-polling.js b/lib/socket.io/transports/jsonp-polling.js
index 502a9613a0..9dfb4dd5e5 100644
--- a/lib/socket.io/transports/jsonp-polling.js
+++ b/lib/socket.io/transports/jsonp-polling.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ JSONPPolling.prototype._write = function(message){
     this.response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/javascript; charset=UTF-8', 'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(message)});
     this.response.write(message);
     this.response.end();
+    this.dont_clear_request	= true;
     this._onClose();
   }
 };
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diff --git a/lib/socket.io/transports/xhr-polling.js b/lib/socket.io/transports/xhr-polling.js
index 13433b6945..4f3da76689 100644
--- a/lib/socket.io/transports/xhr-polling.js
+++ b/lib/socket.io/transports/xhr-polling.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var Client = require('../client')
   , qs = require('querystring');
 
 var Polling = module.exports = function(){
+  this._keep_last_request = true;
   Client.apply(this, arguments);
 };
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ Polling.prototype._write = function(message){
     this.response.writeHead(200, headers);
     this.response.write(message);
     this.response.end();
+    this.dont_clear_request = true;
     this._onClose();
   }
 };
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