diff --git a/src/RestSharp/Extensions/HttpResponseExtensions.cs b/src/RestSharp/Extensions/HttpResponseExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53b873e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RestSharp/Extensions/HttpResponseExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//  Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+namespace RestSharp.Extensions;
+
+public static class HttpResponseExtensions {
+    internal static Exception? MaybeException(this HttpResponseMessage httpResponse)
+        => httpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode
+            ? null
+#if NETSTANDARD
+            : new HttpRequestException($"Request failed with status code {httpResponse.StatusCode}");
+#else
+            : new HttpRequestException($"Request failed with status code {httpResponse.StatusCode}", null, httpResponse.StatusCode);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/RestSharp/Response/RestResponse.cs b/src/RestSharp/Response/RestResponse.cs
index 503d2c7f2..a9225ec23 100644
--- a/src/RestSharp/Response/RestResponse.cs
+++ b/src/RestSharp/Response/RestResponse.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async Task<RestResponse> GetDefaultResponse() {
                 ContentLength       = httpResponse.Content.Headers.ContentLength,
                 ContentType         = httpResponse.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
                 ResponseStatus      = calculateResponseStatus(httpResponse),
-                ErrorException      = MaybeException(),
+                ErrorException      = httpResponse.MaybeException(),
                 ResponseUri         = httpResponse.RequestMessage!.RequestUri,
                 Server              = httpResponse.Headers.Server.ToString(),
                 StatusCode          = httpResponse.StatusCode,
@@ -102,15 +102,6 @@ async Task<RestResponse> GetDefaultResponse() {
                 RootElement         = request.RootElement
             };
 
-            Exception? MaybeException()
-                => httpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode
-                    ? null
-#if NETSTANDARD
-                    : new HttpRequestException($"Request failed with status code {httpResponse.StatusCode}");
-#else
-                    : new HttpRequestException($"Request failed with status code {httpResponse.StatusCode}", null, httpResponse.StatusCode);
-#endif
-
             Task<Stream?> ReadResponse() => httpResponse.ReadResponse(cancellationToken);
 
             async Task<Stream?> ReadAndConvertResponse() {
diff --git a/src/RestSharp/RestClient.Async.cs b/src/RestSharp/RestClient.Async.cs
index 7a353e550..0a57d189f 100644
--- a/src/RestSharp/RestClient.Async.cs
+++ b/src/RestSharp/RestClient.Async.cs
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ async Task<InternalResponse> ExecuteInternal(RestRequest request, CancellationTo
 
         using var requestContent = new RequestContent(this, request);
 
-        if (Authenticator != null)
-            await Authenticator.Authenticate(this, request).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (Authenticator != null) await Authenticator.Authenticate(this, request).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         var httpMethod = AsHttpMethod(request.Method);
         var url        = BuildUri(request);
@@ -61,7 +60,8 @@ async Task<InternalResponse> ExecuteInternal(RestRequest request, CancellationTo
 
         using var timeoutCts = new CancellationTokenSource(request.Timeout > 0 ? request.Timeout : int.MaxValue);
         using var cts        = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(timeoutCts.Token, cancellationToken);
-        var       ct         = cts.Token;
+
+        var ct = cts.Token;
 
         try {
             var headers = new RequestHeaders()
@@ -70,13 +70,11 @@ async Task<InternalResponse> ExecuteInternal(RestRequest request, CancellationTo
                 .AddAcceptHeader(AcceptedContentTypes);
             message.AddHeaders(headers);
 
-            if (request.OnBeforeRequest != null)
-                await request.OnBeforeRequest(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (request.OnBeforeRequest != null) await request.OnBeforeRequest(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             var responseMessage = await HttpClient.SendAsync(message, request.CompletionOption, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            if (request.OnAfterRequest != null)
-                await request.OnAfterRequest(responseMessage).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (request.OnAfterRequest != null) await request.OnAfterRequest(responseMessage).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return new InternalResponse(responseMessage, url, null, timeoutCts.Token);
         }
@@ -99,8 +97,10 @@ record InternalResponse(HttpResponseMessage? ResponseMessage, Uri Url, Exception
         request.CompletionOption = HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead;
         var response = await ExecuteInternal(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-        if (response.Exception != null) {
-            return Options.ThrowOnAnyError ? throw response.Exception : null;
+        var exception = response.Exception ?? response.ResponseMessage?.MaybeException();
+
+        if (exception != null) {
+            return Options.ThrowOnAnyError ? throw exception : null;
         }
 
         if (response.ResponseMessage == null) return null;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static HttpMethod AsHttpMethod(Method method)
 #if NETSTANDARD
             Method.Patch => new HttpMethod("PATCH"),
 #else
-            Method.Patch   => HttpMethod.Patch,
+            Method.Patch => HttpMethod.Patch,
 #endif
             Method.Merge  => new HttpMethod("MERGE"),
             Method.Copy   => new HttpMethod("COPY"),
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ public static RestResponse ThrowIfError(this RestResponse response) {
 
         return response;
     }
-    
+
     public static RestResponse<T> ThrowIfError<T>(this RestResponse<T> response) {
         var exception = response.GetException();
         if (exception != null) throw exception;
 
         return response;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/RestSharp.Tests.Integrated/DownloadFileTests.cs b/test/RestSharp.Tests.Integrated/DownloadFileTests.cs
index fe7a2fde3..aa30a158e 100644
--- a/test/RestSharp.Tests.Integrated/DownloadFileTests.cs
+++ b/test/RestSharp.Tests.Integrated/DownloadFileTests.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ namespace RestSharp.Tests.Integrated;
 public sealed class DownloadFileTests : IDisposable {
     public DownloadFileTests() {
         _server = HttpServerFixture.StartServer("Assets/Koala.jpg", FileHandler);
-        _client = new RestClient(_server.Url);
+        var options = new RestClientOptions(_server.Url) { ThrowOnAnyError = true };
+        _client = new RestClient(options);
     }
 
     public void Dispose() => _server.Dispose();
@@ -46,6 +47,13 @@ public async Task AdvancedResponseWriter_without_ResponseWriter_reads_stream() {
         Assert.True(string.Compare("JFIF", tag, StringComparison.Ordinal) == 0);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Handles_File_Download_Failure() {
+        var request = new RestRequest("Assets/Koala1.jpg");
+        var task = () => _client.DownloadDataAsync(request);
+        await task.Should().ThrowAsync<HttpRequestException>().WithMessage("Request failed with status code NotFound");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Handles_Binary_File_Download() {
         var request  = new RestRequest("Assets/Koala.jpg");
@@ -76,4 +84,4 @@ public async Task Writes_Response_To_Stream() {
 
         Assert.Equal(expected, fromTemp);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}