diff --git a/pkg/client/restclient/request.go b/pkg/client/restclient/request.go
index d8c536aba74..48878b4a686 100644
--- a/pkg/client/restclient/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/restclient/request.go
@@ -760,10 +760,11 @@ func (r *Request) Stream() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		result := r.transformResponse(resp, req)
-		if result.err != nil {
-			return nil, result.err
+		err := result.Error()
+		if err == nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%d while accessing %v: %s", result.statusCode, url, string(result.body))
 		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%d while accessing %v: %s", result.statusCode, url, string(result.body))
+		return nil, err
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/restclient/request_test.go b/pkg/client/restclient/request_test.go
index 5be8c855ea1..3a94ce03026 100755
--- a/pkg/client/restclient/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/restclient/request_test.go
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ func TestRequestStream(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		Request *Request
 		Err     bool
+		ErrFn   func(error) bool
 	}{
 		{
 			Request: &Request{err: errors.New("bail")},
@@ -903,6 +904,26 @@ func TestRequestStream(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Err: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Request: &Request{
+				client: clientFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+					return &http.Response{
+						StatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+						Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte(`{"kind":"Status","apiVersion":"v1","metadata":{},"status":"Failure","message":"a container name must be specified for pod kube-dns-v20-mz5cv, choose one of: [kubedns dnsmasq healthz]","reason":"BadRequest","code":400}`))),
+					}, nil
+				}),
+				content:     defaultContentConfig(),
+				serializers: defaultSerializers(),
+				baseURL:     &url.URL{},
+			},
+			Err: true,
+			ErrFn: func(err error) bool {
+				if err.Error() == "a container name must be specified for pod kube-dns-v20-mz5cv, choose one of: [kubedns dnsmasq healthz]" {
+					return true
+				}
+				return false
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		testCase.Request.backoffMgr = &NoBackoff{}
@@ -914,6 +935,12 @@ func TestRequestStream(t *testing.T) {
 		if hasErr && body != nil {
 			t.Errorf("%d: body should be nil when error is returned", i)
 		}
+
+		if hasErr {
+			if testCase.ErrFn != nil && !testCase.ErrFn(err) {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }