diff --git a/framework/web/Request.php b/framework/web/Request.php
index 536909a06b..356fb14be6 100644
--- a/framework/web/Request.php
+++ b/framework/web/Request.php
@@ -231,11 +231,17 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
     {
         if (isset($_POST[$this->methodParam])) {
             return strtoupper($_POST[$this->methodParam]);
-        } elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'])) {
-            return strtoupper($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE']);
-        } else {
-            return isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) ? strtoupper($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) : 'GET';
         }
+        
+        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'])) {
+            return strtoupper($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE']);
+        }
+        
+        if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])) {
+            return strtoupper($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
+        }
+        
+        return 'GET';
     }
 
     /**