diff --git a/google-cloud-core-http/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/http/BaseHttpServiceException.java b/google-cloud-core-http/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/http/BaseHttpServiceException.java
index ca979c6a7ec9..bc79026185ba 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-http/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/http/BaseHttpServiceException.java
+++ b/google-cloud-core-http/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/http/BaseHttpServiceException.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ private static ExceptionData makeExceptionData(IOException exception, boolean id
           }
         } else {
           code = ((GoogleJsonResponseException) exception).getStatusCode();
+          retryable = BaseServiceException.isRetryable(code, null, idempotent, retryableErrors);
         }
       } else {
         // In cases where an exception is an instance of HttpResponseException but not