diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
index 4eadc5c9..9f9b713e 100755
--- a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
@@ -357,15 +357,7 @@ public String post_xml(String path, String xml_data, boolean crumbFlag) throws I
         if (xml_data != null) {
             request.setEntity(new StringEntity(xml_data, ContentType.create("text/xml", "utf-8")));
         }
-        HttpResponse response = client.execute(request, localContext);
-        jenkinsVersion = ResponseUtils.getJenkinsVersion(response);
-        try {
-            httpResponseValidator.validateResponse(response);
-            return IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent());
-        } finally {
-            EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity());
-            releaseConnection(request);
-        }
+        return getResponse(request);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -388,6 +380,10 @@ public String post_text(String path, String textData, ContentType contentType, b
         if (textData != null) {
             request.setEntity(new StringEntity(textData, contentType));
         }
+        return getResponse(request);
+    }
+
+    private String getResponse(HttpPost request) throws IOException {
         HttpResponse response = client.execute(request, localContext);
         jenkinsVersion = ResponseUtils.getJenkinsVersion(response);
         try {