diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 765f96ae..b4b46235 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -1319,17 +1319,13 @@ func (c *Client) roundTrip(r *Request) (resp *Response, err error) {
 	httpResponse, err = c.httpClient.Do(r.RawRequest)
 	resp.Response = httpResponse
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
 	// auto-read response body if possible
-	if !c.disableAutoReadResponse && !r.isSaveResponse && !r.disableAutoReadResponse {
+	if err == nil && !c.disableAutoReadResponse && !r.isSaveResponse && !r.disableAutoReadResponse {
 		_, err = resp.ToBytes()
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
 		// restore body for re-reads
 		resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(resp.body))
+	} else if err != nil {
+		resp.Err = err
 	}
 
 	for _, f := range r.client.afterResponse {
diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index 66af8364..6cbcb657 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (r *Response) ToString() (string, error) {
 }
 
 // ToBytes returns the response body as []byte, read body if not have been read.
-func (r *Response) ToBytes() ([]byte, error) {
+func (r *Response) ToBytes() (body []byte, err error) {
 	if r.Err != nil {
 		return nil, r.Err
 	}
@@ -167,15 +167,19 @@ func (r *Response) ToBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	if r.Response == nil || r.Response.Body == nil {
 		return []byte{}, nil
 	}
-	defer r.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	defer func() {
+		r.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			r.Err = err
+		}
+		r.body = body
+	}()
+	body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	r.setReceivedAt()
-	r.body = body
 	if err == nil && r.Request.client.responseBodyTransformer != nil {
 		body, err = r.Request.client.responseBodyTransformer(body, r.Request, r)
-		r.body = body
 	}
-	return body, err
+	return
 }
 
 // Dump return the string content that have been dumped for the request.