diff --git a/crypto/http/http_client.c b/crypto/http/http_client.c
index 46498acc970b47..e126869478dd6d 100644
--- a/crypto/http/http_client.c
+++ b/crypto/http/http_client.c
@@ -80,14 +80,15 @@ struct ossl_http_req_ctx_st {
 #define OHS_WRITE_HDR      (4 | OHS_NOREAD) /* Request header being sent */
 #define OHS_WRITE_REQ      (5 | OHS_NOREAD) /* Request content being sent */
 #define OHS_FLUSH          (6 | OHS_NOREAD) /* Request being flushed */
+#define OHS_ASN1_DONE      (7 | OHS_NOREAD) /* ASN1 content read completed */
+#define OHS_STREAM         (8 | OHS_NOREAD) /* HTTP content stream to be read */
 #define OHS_FIRSTLINE       1 /* First line of response being read */
 #define OHS_HEADERS         2 /* MIME headers of response being read */
 #define OHS_HEADERS_ERROR   3 /* MIME headers of resp. being read after error */
 #define OHS_REDIRECT        4 /* MIME headers being read, expecting Location */
 #define OHS_ASN1_HEADER     5 /* ASN1 sequence header (tag+length) being read */
 #define OHS_ASN1_CONTENT    6 /* ASN1 content octets being read */
-#define OHS_ASN1_DONE      (7 | OHS_NOREAD) /* ASN1 content read completed */
-#define OHS_STREAM         (8 | OHS_NOREAD) /* HTTP content stream to be read */
+#define OHS_BODY_ERROR      7 /* response body being read after error */
 
 /* Low-level HTTP API implementation */
 
@@ -577,6 +578,8 @@ int OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_nbio(OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX *rctx)
             }
         }
         if (n <= 0) {
+            if (rctx->state == OHS_BODY_ERROR && OSSL_TRACE_ENABLED(HTTP))
+                OSSL_TRACE(HTTP, "]\n"); /* end of error response body */
             if (BIO_should_retry(rctx->rbio))
                 return -1;
             ERR_raise(ERR_LIB_HTTP, HTTP_R_FAILED_READING_DATA);
@@ -696,6 +699,12 @@ int OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_nbio(OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX *rctx)
             return 0;
         }
 
+        if (rctx->state == OHS_BODY_ERROR) {
+            if (OSSL_TRACE_ENABLED(HTTP)) /* dump response body line */
+                OSSL_TRACE_STRING(HTTP, got_text, 1, (unsigned char *)buf, n);
+            goto next_line;
+        }
+
         resp_hdr_lines++;
         if (rctx->max_hdr_lines != 0 && rctx->max_hdr_lines < resp_hdr_lines) {
             ERR_raise(ERR_LIB_HTTP, HTTP_R_RESPONSE_TOO_MANY_HDRLINES);
@@ -818,18 +827,10 @@ int OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_nbio(OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX *rctx)
         }
 
         if (rctx->state == OHS_HEADERS_ERROR) {
+            rctx->state = OHS_BODY_ERROR;
             if (OSSL_TRACE_ENABLED(HTTP)) {
-                int printed_final_nl = 0;
-
                 OSSL_TRACE(HTTP, "Received error response body: [\n");
-                while ((n = BIO_read(rctx->rbio, rctx->buf, rctx->buf_size)) > 0
-                       || (OSSL_sleep(100), BIO_should_retry(rctx->rbio))) {
-                    OSSL_TRACE_STRING(HTTP, got_text, 1, rctx->buf, n);
-                    if (n > 0)
-                        printed_final_nl = rctx->buf[n - 1] == '\n';
-                }
-                OSSL_TRACE1(HTTP, "%s]\n", printed_final_nl ? "" : "\n");
-                (void)printed_final_nl; /* avoid warning unless enable-trace */
+                goto next_line;
             }
             return 0;
         }