diff --git a/nibabel/filebasedimages.py b/nibabel/filebasedimages.py
index 42760cccd..4bf6c7a81 100644
--- a/nibabel/filebasedimages.py
+++ b/nibabel/filebasedimages.py
@@ -612,4 +612,4 @@ def from_url(
             Time (in seconds) to wait for a response
         """
         response = request.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout)
-        return klass.from_stream(response)
+        return klass.from_stream(response.fp)