diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py b/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
index e4acbc8cb..52cbd4d9d 100644
--- a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ class RedirectMiddleware(object):
     def process_response(self, request, response, spider):
         if response.status in [302, 303] and 'Location' in response.headers:
             redirected_url = urljoin_rfc(request.url, response.headers['location'])
-            redirected = request.replace(url=redirected_url, method='GET', body='')
-            redirected.headers.pop('Content-Type', None)
-            redirected.headers.pop('Content-Length', None)
+            redirected = self._redirect_request_using_get(request, redirected_url)
             return self._redirect(redirected, request, spider, response.status)
 
         if response.status in [301, 307] and 'Location' in response.headers:
@@ -28,9 +26,7 @@ class RedirectMiddleware(object):
 
         interval, url = get_meta_refresh(response)
         if url and interval < self.max_metarefresh_delay:
-            redirected = request.replace(url=url, method='GET', body='')
-            redirected.headers.pop('Content-Type', None)
-            redirected.headers.pop('Content-Length', None)
+            redirected = self._redirect_request_using_get(request, url)
             return self._redirect(redirected, request, spider, 'meta refresh')
 
         return response
@@ -52,4 +48,10 @@ class RedirectMiddleware(object):
                     domain=spider.domain_name, level=log.DEBUG)
             raise IgnoreRequest
 
+    def _redirect_request_using_get(self, request, redirect_url):
+        redirected = request.replace(url=redirect_url, method='GET', body='')
+        redirected.headers.pop('Content-Type', None)
+        redirected.headers.pop('Content-Length', None)
+        return redirected
+