diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
index 7d69cc60b386b..5996a96ea9569 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ private function readInput($inputStream, Question $question)
         while (false !== ($char = fgetc($inputStream))) {
             $ret .= $char;
         }
+        $this->inputStream = fopen('php://stdin', 'r');
 
         return $ret;
     }