diff --git a/rest/request.go b/rest/request.go
index 93bed5b9..86f51229 100644
--- a/rest/request.go
+++ b/rest/request.go
@@ -504,7 +504,9 @@ func (r *Request) tryThrottleWithInfo(ctx context.Context, retryInfo string) err
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	err := r.rateLimiter.Wait(ctx)
-
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("client rate limiter Wait returned an error: %w", err)
+	}
 	latency := time.Since(now)
 
 	var message string