diff --git a/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-fetch-response.js b/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-fetch-response.js
index 78fc41ae..8abe051e 100644
--- a/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-fetch-response.js
+++ b/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-fetch-response.js
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@ export function trustedReplaceFetchResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement =
             return Reflect.apply(target, thisArg, args);
         }
 
-        const forgeResponse = (response, text) => {
+        /**
+         * Create new Response object using original response' properties
+         * and given text as body content
+         * @param {Response} response original response to copy properties from
+         * @param {string} textContent text to set as body content
+         * @returns {Response}
+         */
+        const forgeResponse = (response, textContent) => {
             const {
                 bodyUsed,
                 headers,
@@ -128,21 +135,15 @@ export function trustedReplaceFetchResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement =
                 url,
             } = response;
 
-            const patternRegexp = pattern === getWildcardSymbol()
-                ? toRegExp()
-                : toRegExp(pattern);
-
-            const modifiedContent = text.replace(patternRegexp, replacement);
-
             // eslint-disable-next-line compat/compat
-            const fiddledResponse = new Response(modifiedContent, {
+            const forgedResponse = new Response(textContent, {
                 status,
                 statusText,
                 headers,
             });
 
             // Manually set properties which can't be set by Response constructor
-            Object.defineProperties(fiddledResponse, {
+            Object.defineProperties(forgedResponse, {
                 url: { value: url },
                 type: { value: type },
                 ok: { value: ok },
@@ -150,13 +151,23 @@ export function trustedReplaceFetchResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement =
                 redirected: { value: redirected },
             });
 
-            hit(source);
+            return forgedResponse;
         };
 
         return nativeFetch(...args)
             .then((response) => {
                 return response.text()
-                    .then((bodyText) => forgeResponse(response, bodyText))
+                    .then((bodyText) => {
+                        const patternRegexp = pattern === getWildcardSymbol()
+                            ? toRegExp()
+                            : toRegExp(pattern);
+
+                        const modifiedTextContent = bodyText.replace(patternRegexp, replacement);
+                        const forgedResponse = forgeResponse(response, modifiedTextContent);
+
+                        hit(source);
+                        return forgedResponse;
+                    })
                     .catch(() => {
                         // log if response body can't be converted to a string
                         const fetchDataStr = objectToString(fetchData);
diff --git a/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-xhr-response.js b/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-xhr-response.js
index 43a68c12..193c855c 100644
--- a/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-xhr-response.js
+++ b/src/scriptlets/trusted-replace-xhr-response.js
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ export function trustedReplaceXhrResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement = ''
          * to be able to collect response data without triggering
          * listeners on original XHR object
          */
-        const replacingRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        replacingRequest.addEventListener('readystatechange', () => {
-            if (replacingRequest.readyState !== 4) {
+        const forgedRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        forgedRequest.addEventListener('readystatechange', () => {
+            if (forgedRequest.readyState !== 4) {
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export function trustedReplaceXhrResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement = ''
                 responseXML,
                 status,
                 statusText,
-            } = replacingRequest;
+            } = forgedRequest;
 
             // Extract content from response
             const content = responseText || response;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function trustedReplaceXhrResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement = ''
             hit(source);
         });
 
-        nativeOpen.apply(replacingRequest, [xhrData.method, xhrData.url]);
+        nativeOpen.apply(forgedRequest, [xhrData.method, xhrData.url]);
 
         // Mimic request headers before sending
         // setRequestHeader can only be called on open request objects
@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ export function trustedReplaceXhrResponse(source, pattern = '', replacement = ''
             const name = header[0];
             const value = header[1];
 
-            replacingRequest.setRequestHeader(name, value);
+            forgedRequest.setRequestHeader(name, value);
         });
         requestHeaders = [];
 
         try {
-            nativeSend.call(replacingRequest, args);
+            nativeSend.call(forgedRequest, args);
         } catch {
             return Reflect.apply(target, thisArg, args);
         }