diff --git a/searx/engines/kickass.py b/searx/engines/kickass.py
index 4e5a6435..ea7f17c2 100644
--- a/searx/engines/kickass.py
+++ b/searx/engines/kickass.py
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ def request(query, params):
 def response(resp):
     results = []
 
-    # check if redirect comparing to the True value,
-    # because resp can be a Mock object, and any attribut name returns something.
-    if resp.is_redirect is True:
-        return results
-
     dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
 
     search_res = dom.xpath('//table[@class="data"]//tr')
diff --git a/searx/search.py b/searx/search.py
index 79a8ae0a..476b9219 100644
--- a/searx/search.py
+++ b/searx/search.py
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ def make_callback(engine_name, results_queue, callback, params):
 
     # creating a callback wrapper for the search engine results
     def process_callback(response, **kwargs):
+        # check if redirect comparing to the True value,
+        # because resp can be a Mock object, and any attribut name returns something.
+        if response.is_redirect is True:
+            return
+
         response.search_params = params
 
         timeout_overhead = 0.2  # seconds