diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index 7a022a0671..cbdb13d4fd 100755
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -1259,7 +1259,10 @@ def parse_response(self, block=True, timeout=0):
 
         self.check_health()
 
-        if not block and not conn.can_read(timeout=timeout):
+        if(
+                not block
+                and not self._execute(conn, conn.can_read, timeout=timeout)
+        ):
             return None
         response = self._execute(conn, conn.read_response)