diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware.py
index 135321d0a..5b0cf1eb7 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from unittest import mock
 
+from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
 from twisted.trial.unittest import TestCase
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
@@ -215,6 +216,25 @@ class MiddlewareUsingCoro(ManagerTestCase):
     def test_asyncdef(self):
         resp = Response('http://example.com/index.html')
 
+        class CoroMiddleware:
+            async def process_request(self, request, spider):
+                await defer.succeed(42)
+                return resp
+
+        self.mwman._add_middleware(CoroMiddleware())
+        req = Request('http://example.com/index.html')
+        download_func = mock.MagicMock()
+        dfd = self.mwman.download(download_func, req, self.spider)
+        results = []
+        dfd.addBoth(results.append)
+        self._wait(dfd)
+
+        self.assertIs(results[0], resp)
+        self.assertFalse(download_func.called)
+
+    def test_asyncdef_asyncio(self):
+        resp = Response('http://example.com/index.html')
+
         class CoroMiddleware:
             async def process_request(self, request, spider):
                 await asyncio.sleep(0.1)