diff --git a/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py b/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py
index 8cd69a7c7..62f48ec5a 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ class Downloader(object):
 
         site.active.add(request)
         def _deactivate(response):
-            send_catch_log(signal=signals.response_received, \
-                response=response, request=request, spider=spider)
             site.active.remove(request)
             self._close_if_idle(spider)
             return response
diff --git a/scrapy/core/engine.py b/scrapy/core/engine.py
index 207517826..994bd70cd 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/engine.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/engine.py
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ class ExecutionEngine(object):
                 response.request = request # tie request to response received
                 log.msg(log.formatter.crawled(request, response, spider), \
                     level=log.DEBUG, spider=spider)
+                send_catch_log(signal=signals.response_received, \
+                    response=response, request=request, spider=spider)
                 return response
             elif isinstance(response, Request):
                 return mustbe_deferred(self.schedule, response, spider)