diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
index 8f66c079eca..e5a8100be29 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
@@ -1077,13 +1077,13 @@ func (r *Request) transformResponse(resp *http.Response, req *http.Request) Resu
 			// 3. Apiserver closes connection.
 			// 4. client-go should catch this and return an error.
 			klog.V(2).Infof("Stream error %#v when reading response body, may be caused by closed connection.", err)
-			streamErr := fmt.Errorf("stream error when reading response body, may be caused by closed connection. Please retry. Original error: %v", err)
+			streamErr := fmt.Errorf("stream error when reading response body, may be caused by closed connection. Please retry. Original error: %w", err)
 			return Result{
 				err: streamErr,
 			}
 		default:
 			klog.Errorf("Unexpected error when reading response body: %v", err)
-			unexpectedErr := fmt.Errorf("unexpected error when reading response body. Please retry. Original error: %v", err)
+			unexpectedErr := fmt.Errorf("unexpected error when reading response body. Please retry. Original error: %w", err)
 			return Result{
 				err: unexpectedErr,
 			}