diff --git a/lib/jira/request_client.rb b/lib/jira/request_client.rb
index d90ae9d6..2b5a3293 100644
--- a/lib/jira/request_client.rb
+++ b/lib/jira/request_client.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def request(*args)
 
     def request_multipart(*args)
       response = make_multipart_request(*args)
-      raise HTTPError, response unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
+      raise HttpError.new(response.code, response.message), response unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
       response
     end
 
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ def make_multipart_request(*args)
       raise NotImplementedError
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end