diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index ccaf5968..7ab21f78 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -842,4 +842,7 @@ class Response(object):
 
         *Note: Should not normally need to be called explicitly.*
         """
+        if not self._content_consumed:
+            return self.raw.close()
+
         return self.raw.release_conn()
diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index cad8c055..92cdb154 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import os
 import pickle
 import unittest
 import collections
+import contextlib
+import random
 
 import io
 import requests
@@ -1252,6 +1254,27 @@ class TestCaseInsensitiveDict(unittest.TestCase):
         assert frozenset(cid) == keyset
 
 
+class TestSessionContextClosing(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def _perform_session_without_consuming(self):
+        session = requests.Session()
+
+        urls = [
+            'http://reddit.com',
+            'http://github.com',
+            'http://bitbucket.org',
+        ]
+
+        for _ in range(25):
+            with contextlib.closing(session.get(random.choice(urls), stream=True)) as r:
+                pass
+
+        return "OK"
+
+    def test_stream_session_content_not_consumed(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self._perform_session_without_consuming(), "OK")
+
+
 class UtilsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_super_len_io_streams(self):