diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index d727537f..568527a0 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -908,8 +908,11 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 				if (maybeXhr != null) xhr = maybeXhr
 			}
 
-			if (options.data && (type.call(options.data) != sStr && options.data.constructor != window.FormData)) throw "Request data should be either be a string or FormData. Check the `serialize` option in `m.request`";
-			xhr.send(options.method == "GET" || !options.data ? "" : options.data);
+			var data = options.method == "GET" || !options.data ? "" : options.data
+			if (data && (type.call(data) != sStr && data.constructor != window.FormData)) {
+				throw "Request data should be either be a string or FormData. Check the `serialize` option in `m.request`";
+			}
+			xhr.send(data);
 			return xhr
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index ecc27d3d..d1c9ca13 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -1699,6 +1699,11 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		mock.XMLHttpRequest.$instances.pop().onreadystatechange()
 		return prop() === "bar"
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		var prop = m.request({method: "GET", url: "test", data: {foo: 1}})
+		mock.XMLHttpRequest.$instances.pop().onreadystatechange()
+		return prop().url === "test?foo=1"
+	})
 
 	// m.request over jsonp
 	test(function(){