diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
index 3867e514a2d623e428f95ebb99e2f535e9acdcec..27fadb708e89d81eee584ff6c890d650bc1bc470 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ def path_parameters
 
       private
 
-      def parse_formatted_parameters(request, parsers)
-        return yield if request.content_length.zero?
+      def parse_formatted_parameters(parsers)
+        return yield if content_length.zero?
 
-        strategy = parsers.fetch(request.content_mime_type) { return yield }
+        strategy = parsers.fetch(content_mime_type) { return yield }
 
         begin
-          strategy.call(request.raw_post)
+          strategy.call(raw_post)
         rescue => e # JSON or Ruby code block errors
           my_logger = logger || ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stderr)
-          my_logger.debug "Error occurred while parsing request parameters.\nContents:\n\n#{request.raw_post}"
+          my_logger.debug "Error occurred while parsing request parameters.\nContents:\n\n#{raw_post}"
 
           raise ParamsParser::ParseError.new(e.message, e)
         end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
index cb5951061348dc737b1f775c09be593c9f606faf..eaa7e88b34303bcea3c8b80a4a02fb5e81f44f93 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def GET
     # Override Rack's POST method to support indifferent access
     def POST
       fetch_header("action_dispatch.request.request_parameters") do
-        pr = parse_formatted_parameters(self, params_parsers) do |params|
+        pr = parse_formatted_parameters(params_parsers) do |params|
           super || {}
         end
         self.request_parameters = Request::Utils.normalize_encode_params(pr)