diff --git a/pkg/client/restclient/request.go b/pkg/client/restclient/request.go
index cad9f90ca9b..b57f5558e42 100644
--- a/pkg/client/restclient/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/restclient/request.go
@@ -881,6 +881,9 @@ func (r *Request) DoRaw() ([]byte, error) {
 	var result Result
 	err := r.request(func(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) {
 		result.body, result.err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if resp.StatusCode < http.StatusOK || resp.StatusCode > http.StatusPartialContent {
+			result.err = r.transformUnstructuredResponseError(resp, req, result.body)
+		}
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/test/e2e/networking.go b/test/e2e/networking.go
index a09fba670b2..ee6bdd337da 100644
--- a/test/e2e/networking.go
+++ b/test/e2e/networking.go
@@ -59,14 +59,18 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Networking", func() {
 		tests := []struct {
 			path string
 		}{
-			{path: "/validate"},
 			{path: "/healthz"},
+			{path: "/api"},
+			{path: "/apis"},
+			{path: "/logs"},
+			{path: "/metrics"},
+			{path: "/swaggerapi"},
+			{path: "/version"},
 			// TODO: test proxy links here
 		}
 		for _, test := range tests {
 			By(fmt.Sprintf("testing: %s", test.path))
 			data, err := f.Client.RESTClient.Get().
-				Namespace(f.Namespace.Name).
 				AbsPath(test.path).
 				DoRaw()
 			if err != nil {