diff --git a/src/HttpRequestWrapper.php b/src/HttpRequestWrapper.php
index 49cd1c136312..0346ae52f9ef 100644
--- a/src/HttpRequestWrapper.php
+++ b/src/HttpRequestWrapper.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public function send(RequestInterface $request, array $options = [])
      */
     public function signRequest(RequestInterface $request)
     {
-        if (!$this->credentials || $credentials['expiry'] < time()) {
+        if (!$this->credentials || $this->credentials['expiry'] < time()) {
             $this->credentials = $this->fetchCredentials();
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/HttpRequestWrapperTest.php b/tests/HttpRequestWrapperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5df07867c323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HttpRequestWrapperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Gcloud\Tests;
+
+use Google\Gcloud\HttpRequestWrapper;
+use Prophecy\Argument;
+use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;
+
+class HttpRequestWrapperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testSignRequestCanCheckTheExistingCredentialsExpiry()
+    {
+        $request = $this->getMock(RequestInterface::class);
+        $request->method('getUri')->willReturn('/');
+        $request->method('getHeaders')->willReturn([]);
+
+        $wrapper = new HttpRequestWrapper();
+        $refl = new \ReflectionClass($wrapper);
+
+        $token = 'some_generated_token';
+        $credentials = $refl->getProperty('credentials');
+        $credentials->setAccessible(true);
+        $credentials->setValue($wrapper, [
+            'expiry' => strtotime('+300 seconds'),
+            'access_token' => $token
+        ]);
+
+        $signedRequest = $wrapper->signRequest($request);
+
+        $header = $signedRequest->getHeader('Authorization')[0];
+
+        $this->assertEquals("Bearer $token", $header);
+    }
+}