diff --git a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
index 47e023e..bf101ed 100644
--- a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
+++ b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.connection.send('0\r\n\r\n')
 
         self.response = self.connection.getresponse()
+        self.response.read()
         self.connection.close()
         return self.response.status