diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 2030d0cc53..5f1eee8ead 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -217,19 +217,25 @@ class Request
             $components['path'] = '';
         }
 
-        if (in_array(strtoupper($method), array('POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH'))) {
-            $request = $parameters;
-            $query = array();
-            $defaults['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
-        } else {
-            $request = array();
-            $query = $parameters;
-            if (false !== $pos = strpos($uri, '?')) {
-                $qs = substr($uri, $pos + 1);
-                parse_str($qs, $params);
+        switch (strtoupper($method)) {
+            case 'POST':
+            case 'PUT':
+            case 'DELETE':
+                $defaults['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+            case 'PATCH':
+                $request = $parameters;
+                $query = array();
+                break;
+            default:
+                $request = array();
+                $query = $parameters;
+                if (false !== $pos = strpos($uri, '?')) {
+                    $qs = substr($uri, $pos + 1);
+                    parse_str($qs, $params);
 
-                $query = array_merge($params, $query);
-            }
+                    $query = array_merge($params, $query);
+                }
+                break;
         }
 
         $queryString = isset($components['query']) ? html_entity_decode($components['query']) : '';