diff --git a/lib/sinon/util/fake_server.js b/lib/sinon/util/fake_server.js
index 76b9d3fad..100f0ab39 100644
--- a/lib/sinon/util/fake_server.js
+++ b/lib/sinon/util/fake_server.js
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ var fakeServer = {
         this.xhr = fakeXhr.useFakeXMLHttpRequest();
         server.requests = [];
         server.requestCount = 0;
+        server.queue = [];
+        server.responses = [];
+
 
         this.xhr.onCreate = function (xhrObj) {
             xhrObj.unsafeHeadersEnabled = function () {
@@ -166,10 +169,6 @@ var fakeServer = {
 
     handleRequest: function handleRequest(xhr) {
         if (xhr.async) {
-            if (!this.queue) {
-                this.queue = [];
-            }
-
             push.call(this.queue, xhr);
         } else {
             this.processRequest(xhr);
@@ -199,10 +198,6 @@ var fakeServer = {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!this.responses) {
-            this.responses = [];
-        }
-
         if (arguments.length === 1) {
             body = method;
             url = method = null;