diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
index 2cd105c3bb0f..1842256a3f01 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ public function setContentDisposition($disposition, $filename = '', $filenameFal
      */
     public function prepare(Request $request)
     {
-        parent::prepare($request);
-
         if ($this->isInformational() || $this->isEmpty()) {
+            parent::prepare($request);
+
             $this->maxlen = 0;
 
             return $this;
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ public function prepare(Request $request)
             $this->headers->set('Content-Type', $this->file->getMimeType() ?: 'application/octet-stream');
         }
 
+        parent::prepare($request);
+
         $this->offset = 0;
         $this->maxlen = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
index 4e4ddbf4446e..4ca6dbedf23a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
@@ -388,6 +388,32 @@ public function testPrepareNotAddingContentTypeHeaderIfNoContentResponse()
         $this->assertFalse($response->headers->has('Content-Type'));
     }
 
+    public function testContentTypeIsCorrectlyDetected()
+    {
+        $response = new BinaryFileResponse(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif');
+
+        $request = Request::create('/');
+        $response->prepare($request);
+
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertSame('image/gif', $response->headers->get('Content-Type'));
+    }
+
+    public function testContentTypeIsNotGuessedWhenTheFileWasNotModified()
+    {
+        $response = new BinaryFileResponse(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif');
+        $response->setAutoLastModified();
+
+        $request = Request::create('/');
+        $request->headers->set('If-Modified-Since', $response->getLastModified()->format('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT');
+        $isNotModified = $response->isNotModified($request);
+        $this->assertTrue($isNotModified);
+        $response->prepare($request);
+
+        $this->assertSame(304, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertFalse($response->headers->has('Content-Type'));
+    }
+
     protected function provideResponse()
     {
         return new BinaryFileResponse(__DIR__.'/../README.md', 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream']);