diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts
index e4b5135548..3f8009b981 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export class APIRequestContext extends ChannelOwner<channels.APIRequestContextCh
 export class APIResponse implements api.APIResponse {
   private readonly _initializer: channels.APIResponse;
   private readonly _headers: RawHeaders;
-  private readonly _request: APIRequestContext;
+  readonly _request: APIRequestContext;
 
   constructor(context: APIRequestContext, initializer: channels.APIResponse) {
     this._request = context;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
index 4938cb1425..372eb3b6e4 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
@@ -245,8 +245,12 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel> implements api.Ro
     if (options.response) {
       statusOption ||= options.response.status();
       headersOption ||= options.response.headers();
-      if (options.body === undefined && options.path === undefined && options.response instanceof APIResponse)
-        fetchResponseUid = (options.response as APIResponse)._fetchUid();
+      if (options.body === undefined && options.path === undefined && options.response instanceof APIResponse) {
+        if (options.response._request._connection === this._connection)
+          fetchResponseUid = (options.response as APIResponse)._fetchUid();
+        else
+          body = await options.response.body();
+      }
     }
 
     let isBase64 = false;
diff --git a/tests/browsertype-connect.spec.ts b/tests/browsertype-connect.spec.ts
index f2adcef51d..831b9eec95 100644
--- a/tests/browsertype-connect.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/browsertype-connect.spec.ts
@@ -555,3 +555,19 @@ test('should record trace with sources', async ({ browserType, startRemoteServer
   const thisFile = await fs.promises.readFile(__filename);
   expect(sourceFile).toEqual(thisFile);
 });
+
+test('should fulfill with global fetch result', async ({ browserType, startRemoteServer, playwright, server }) => {
+  const remoteServer = await startRemoteServer();
+  const browser = await browserType.connect(remoteServer.wsEndpoint());
+  const context = await browser.newContext();
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+
+  await page.route('**/*', async route => {
+    const request = await playwright.request.newContext();
+    const response = await request.get(server.PREFIX + '/simple.json');
+    route.fulfill({ response });
+  });
+  const response = await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+  expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
+  expect(await response.json()).toEqual({ 'foo': 'bar' });
+});