diff --git a/requests_kerberos/kerberos_.py b/requests_kerberos/kerberos_.py
index 2f27b22..eaf289a 100644
--- a/requests_kerberos/kerberos_.py
+++ b/requests_kerberos/kerberos_.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def handle_response(self, response, **kwargs):
         if response.status_code == 401:
             _r = self.handle_401(response, **kwargs)
             log.debug("handle_response(): returning {0}".format(_r))
-            return _r
+            return self.handle_response(_r, **kwargs)
         else:
             _r = self.handle_other(response)
             log.debug("handle_response(): returning {0}".format(_r))
diff --git a/test_requests_kerberos.py b/test_requests_kerberos.py
index a7eae1c..a1a65bf 100644
--- a/test_requests_kerberos.py
+++ b/test_requests_kerberos.py
@@ -402,10 +402,14 @@ def test_handle_response_401(self):
             response.connection = connection
             response._content = ""
             response.raw = raw
+
             auth = requests_kerberos.HTTPKerberosAuth()
+            auth.handle_other = Mock(return_value=response_ok)
+
             r = auth.handle_response(response)
 
             self.assertTrue(response in r.history)
+            auth.handle_other.assert_called_with(response_ok)
             self.assertEqual(r, response_ok)
             self.assertEqual(request.headers['Authorization'], 'Negotiate GSSRESPONSE')
             connection.send.assert_called_with(request)