diff --git a/aiohttp/client.py b/aiohttp/client.py
index 2e450391839..89c776de2fa 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def __init__(self, method, url, *,
 
         self.update_version(version)
         self.update_host(url)
-        self.update_path(params, data)
+        self.update_path(params)
         self.update_headers(headers)
         self.update_cookies(cookies)
         self.update_content_encoding()
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def update_version(self, version):
                     .format(version)) from None
         self.version = version
 
-    def update_path(self, params, data):
+    def update_path(self, params):
         """Build path."""
         # extract path
         scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urllib.parse.urlsplit(self.url)
@@ -276,12 +276,6 @@ def update_path(self, params, data):
         elif isinstance(params, MultiDict):
             params = list(params.items(getall=True))
 
-        # for GET request include data to query params
-        if data and self.method in self.GET_METHODS:
-            if isinstance(data, dict):
-                data = data.items()
-            params = list(itertools.chain(params or (), data))
-
         if params:
             params = urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
             if query:
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 35a1fac73a8..ebb95477795 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@ def test_get_with_data(self):
         for meth in ClientRequest.GET_METHODS:
             req = ClientRequest(
                 meth, 'http://python.org/', data={'life': '42'})
-            self.assertEqual('/?life=42', req.path)
+            self.assertEqual('/', req.path)
+            self.assertEqual(b'life=42', req.body)
 
     def test_bytes_data(self):
         for meth in ClientRequest.POST_METHODS: