diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php b/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
index a4018c5c2174..265b63a6d8ab 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
@@ -436,7 +436,9 @@ public static function createFromBase(SymfonyRequest $request)
 
         $newRequest->content = $request->content;
 
-        $newRequest->request = $newRequest->getInputSource();
+        if ($newRequest->isJson()) {
+            $newRequest->request = $newRequest->json();
+        }
 
         return $newRequest;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Http/HttpRequestTest.php b/tests/Http/HttpRequestTest.php
index 6bf7b1e1c665..96dc88805a26 100644
--- a/tests/Http/HttpRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/Http/HttpRequestTest.php
@@ -938,6 +938,15 @@ public function testCreateFromBase()
         $this->assertEquals($request->request->all(), $body);
     }
 
+    public function testCreateFromBaseDoesNotUseQueryParametersForRequestBag()
+    {
+        $base = SymfonyRequest::create('/?foo=bar', 'GET');
+
+        $request = Request::createFromBase($base);
+
+        $this->assertEquals([], $request->request->all());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests for Http\Request magic methods `__get()` and `__isset()`.
      *