diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php
index 315ec25165fe1..fe738eec991e4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ public function render($controller, array $options = array())
 
         // controller or URI or path?
         if (0 === strpos($controller, 'http://') || 0 === strpos($controller, 'https://')) {
-            $subRequest = call_user_func(array(get_class($request), 'create'), $controller, 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
+            $subRequest = $request::create($controller, 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
             if ($session = $request->getSession()) {
                 $subRequest->setSession($session);
             }
         } elseif (0 === strpos($controller, '/')) {
-            $subRequest = call_user_func(array(get_class($request), 'create'), $request->getUriForPath($controller), 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
+            $subRequest = $request::create($request->getUriForPath($controller), 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
             if ($session = $request->getSession()) {
                 $subRequest->setSession($session);
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/Store.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/Store.php
index 164d2a55c1f6d..f7d4e2f1c36f3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/Store.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/Store.php
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public function invalidate(Request $request)
         // As per the RFC, invalidate Location and Content-Location URLs if present
         foreach (array('Location', 'Content-Location') as $header) {
             if ($uri = $request->headers->get($header)) {
-                $subRequest = call_user_func(array(get_class($request), 'create'), 'get', array(), array(), array(), $request->server->all());
+                $subRequest = $request::create($uri, 'get', array(), array(), array(), $request->server->all());
 
                 $this->invalidate($subRequest);
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/HttpUtils.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/HttpUtils.php
index ce03d1d5d1728..7e6679eea74f1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/HttpUtils.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/HttpUtils.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public function createRedirectResponse(Request $request, $path, $status = 302)
      */
     public function createRequest(Request $request, $path)
     {
-        $newRequest = call_user_func(array(get_class($request), 'create'), $this->generateUri($request, $path), 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
+        $newRequest = $request::create($this->generateUri($request, $path), 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
         if ($session = $request->getSession()) {
             $newRequest->setSession($session);
         }