diff --git a/requests/adapters.py b/requests/adapters.py
index 12d23b01..eb7a2d28 100644
--- a/requests/adapters.py
+++ b/requests/adapters.py
@@ -385,9 +385,4 @@ class HTTPAdapter(BaseAdapter):
             else:
                 raise
 
-        r = self.build_response(request, resp)
-
-        if not stream:
-            r.content
-
-        return r
+        return self.build_response(request, resp)
diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index fe8d7e2a..df85a25c 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -592,6 +592,9 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
             r = history.pop()
             r.history = history
 
+        if not stream:
+            r.content
+
         return r
 
     def get_adapter(self, url):