diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AsyncContext.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AsyncContext.php
index 2d95e11f507f1..646458e13c54e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AsyncContext.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AsyncContext.php
@@ -181,9 +181,15 @@ public function replaceResponse(ResponseInterface $response): ResponseInterface
 
     /**
      * Replaces or removes the chunk filter iterator.
+     *
+     * @param ?callable(ChunkInterface, self): ?\Iterator $passthru
      */
     public function passthru(callable $passthru = null): void
     {
-        $this->passthru = $passthru;
+        $this->passthru = $passthru ?? static function ($chunk, $context) {
+            $context->passthru = null;
+
+            yield $chunk;
+        };
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/RetryableHttpClientTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/RetryableHttpClientTest.php
index 85a03fd225183..b81de09c25a16 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/RetryableHttpClientTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/RetryableHttpClientTest.php
@@ -225,4 +225,22 @@ public function log($level, $message, array $context = []): void
         $this->assertNotNull($delay);
         $this->assertSame((int) ($retryAfter * 1000), $delay);
     }
+
+    public function testRetryOnErrorAssertContent()
+    {
+        $client = new RetryableHttpClient(
+            new MockHttpClient([
+               new MockResponse('', ['http_code' => 500]),
+               new MockResponse('Test out content', ['http_code' => 200]),
+            ]),
+            new GenericRetryStrategy([500], 0),
+            1
+        );
+
+        $response = $client->request('GET', 'http://example.com/foo-bar');
+
+        self::assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+        self::assertSame('Test out content', $response->getContent());
+        self::assertSame('Test out content', $response->getContent(), 'Content should be buffered');
+    }
 }