diff --git a/lib/fog/core/connection.rb b/lib/fog/core/connection.rb
index 95f51c785..7a16931bf 100644
--- a/lib/fog/core/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/core/connection.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module Fog
       unless block_given?
         if (parser = params.delete(:parser))
           body = Nokogiri::XML::SAX::PushParser.new(parser)
-          block = lambda { |chunk, remaining, total| body << chunk }
+          params[:response_block] = lambda { |chunk, remaining, total| body << chunk }
         end
       end