diff --git a/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb
index 6196657b..43d42464 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
     end
 
     def make_request(method, url, protocol: nil, headers: {}, body: nil)
-      Async do
+      result  = Async do
         endpoint = Async::HTTP::Endpoint.parse(url)
 
         begin
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ def make_request(method, url, protocol: nil, headers: {}, body: nil)
           e
         end
       end.wait
+
+      result.is_a?(Exception) ? raise(result) : result
     end
 
     def response_to_hash(response)
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec_helper.rb b/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec_helper.rb
index 4f6b42c5..d465505e 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec_helper.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def http_request(method, url, options = {}, &block)
 
     body = options[:body]
 
-    Async do
+    result = Async do
       begin
         Async::HTTP::Client.open(endpoint) do |client|
           response = client.send(
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ def http_request(method, url, options = {}, &block)
         e
       end
     end.wait
+
+    result.is_a?(Exception) ? raise(result) : result
   end
 
   def client_timeout_exception_class