diff --git a/source/as-promise/index.ts b/source/as-promise/index.ts
index efd94703c..cd10af408 100644
--- a/source/as-promise/index.ts
+++ b/source/as-promise/index.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ export default function asPromise<T>(normalizedOptions: NormalizedOptions): Canc
 
 				if (error instanceof HTTPError && !options.throwHttpErrors) {
 					const {response} = error;
+					globalResponse = response;
 					resolve(request.options.resolveBodyOnly ? response.body as T : response as unknown as T);
 					return;
 				}
diff --git a/test/promise.ts b/test/promise.ts
index e797735be..043612d11 100644
--- a/test/promise.ts
+++ b/test/promise.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test('promise.json() can be called before a file stream body is open', withServe
 	await Promise.all(checks);
 });
 
-test.failing('promise.json() does not fail when server returns an error', withServer, async (t, server, got) => {
+test('promise.json() does not fail when server returns an error', withServer, async (t, server, got) => {
 	server.get('/', (_request, response) => {
 		response.statusCode = 400;
 		response.end('{}');