diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 74200fe0..43ecc511 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -71,12 +71,7 @@ class Request(dict):
     @property
     def json(self):
         if self.parsed_json is None:
-            try:
-                self.parsed_json = json_loads(self.body)
-            except Exception:
-                if not self.body:
-                    return None
-                raise InvalidUsage("Failed when parsing body as json")
+            self.load_json()
 
         return self.parsed_json