diff --git a/src/base_facebook.php b/src/base_facebook.php
index c7ac1509..5327cd97 100644
--- a/src/base_facebook.php
+++ b/src/base_facebook.php
@@ -752,7 +752,9 @@ protected function _restserver($params) {
     // results are returned, errors are thrown
     if (is_array($result) && isset($result['error_code'])) {
       $this->throwAPIException($result);
+      // @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
     }
+    // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
 
     $method = strtolower($params['method']);
     if ($method === 'auth.expiresession' ||
@@ -809,7 +811,9 @@ protected function _graph($path, $method = 'GET', $params = array()) {
     // results are returned, errors are thrown
     if (is_array($result) && isset($result['error'])) {
       $this->throwAPIException($result);
+      // @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
     }
+    // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
 
     return $result;
   }
diff --git a/tests/tests.php b/tests/tests.php
index d191b2a8..e2c7e089 100644
--- a/tests/tests.php
+++ b/tests/tests.php
@@ -1332,6 +1332,26 @@ public function testLowercaseAuthRevokeAuthDestroysSession() {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @expectedException FacebookAPIException
+   */
+  public function testErrorCodeFromRestAPIThrowsException() {
+    $methods_to_stub = array(
+      '_oauthRequest',
+    );
+    $constructor_args = array(array(
+      'appId'  => self::APP_ID,
+      'secret' => self::SECRET
+    ));
+    $stub = $this->getMock(
+      'TransientFacebook', $methods_to_stub, $constructor_args);
+    $stub
+      ->expects($this->once())
+      ->method('_oauthRequest')
+      ->will($this->returnValue('{"error_code": 500}'));
+    $stub->api(array('method' => 'foo'));
+  }
+
   protected function generateMD5HashOfRandomValue() {
     return md5(uniqid(mt_rand(), true));
   }