diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/integration/server/InvalidRESTCallsTest.java b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/integration/server/InvalidRESTCallsTest.java
index 14b78435..614895d0 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/integration/server/InvalidRESTCallsTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/integration/server/InvalidRESTCallsTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ public static abstract class Validator {
     public void setConnection(HttpURLConnection connection) throws Exception {
       this.connection = connection;
 
-      try { this.input = (connection.getInputStream() != null) ? IOUtils.toString(connection.getInputStream()) : ""; } catch(Exception e) { this.input = ""; }
+      this.input = "";
+      try {
+        this.input = (connection.getInputStream() != null) ? IOUtils.toString(connection.getInputStream()) : "";
+      } catch(Exception e) {
+        // We're ignoring exception here because that means that request wasn't successful and data are in "error" stream
+      }
       this.error = connection.getErrorStream() != null ? IOUtils.toString(connection.getErrorStream()) : "";
     }