diff --git a/requests/cookies.py b/requests/cookies.py
index c3c2debb..245fdd9e 100644
--- a/requests/cookies.py
+++ b/requests/cookies.py
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ class MockRequest(object):
     def __init__(self, request):
         self._r = request
         self._new_headers = {}
+        self.type = urlparse(self._r.full_url).scheme
 
     def get_type(self):
-        return urlparse(self._r.full_url).scheme
+        return self.type
 
     def get_host(self):
         return urlparse(self._r.full_url).netloc