diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts
index e6f073d5ab..d28b2cc713 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export class BrowserContext extends ChannelOwner<channels.BrowserContextChannel>
   }
 
   async _onRoute(route: network.Route) {
-    route._request = this.request;
+    route._context = this.request;
     const page = route.request()._safePage();
     const routeHandlers = this._routes.slice();
     for (const routeHandler of routeHandlers) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/mockingProxy.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/mockingProxy.ts
index 2b5a7a06f9..83012bd33d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/mockingProxy.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/mockingProxy.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class MockingProxy extends ChannelOwner<channels.MockingProxyChannel> imp
   }
 
   async _onRoute(route: network.Route) {
-    route._request = this._requestContext;
+    route._context = this._requestContext;
     const routeHandlers = this._routes.slice();
     for (const routeHandler of routeHandlers) {
       if (!routeHandler.matches(route.request().url()))
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
index bd545a572d..a349d5711b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export class Request extends ChannelOwner<channels.RequestChannel> implements ap
 
 export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel> implements api.Route {
   private _handlingPromise: ManualPromise<boolean> | null = null;
-  _request!: APIRequestContext;
+  _context!: APIRequestContext;
   _didThrow: boolean = false;
 
   static from(route: channels.RouteChannel): Route {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel> implements api.Ro
 
   async fetch(options: FallbackOverrides & { maxRedirects?: number, maxRetries?: number, timeout?: number } = {}): Promise<APIResponse> {
     return await this._wrapApiCall(async () => {
-      return await this._request._innerFetch({ request: this.request(), data: options.postData, ...options });
+      return await this._context._innerFetch({ request: this.request(), data: options.postData, ...options });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
index e030eaae57..d29f64efc9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export class Page extends ChannelOwner<channels.PageChannel> implements api.Page
   }
 
   private async _onRoute(route: Route) {
-    route._request = this.context().request;
+    route._context = this.context().request;
     const routeHandlers = this._routes.slice();
     for (const routeHandler of routeHandlers) {
       // If the page was closed we stall all requests right away.