diff --git a/internal/providers/aws/util.go b/internal/providers/aws/util.go
index e1e8a949f50..cb2e26d1b23 100644
--- a/internal/providers/aws/util.go
+++ b/internal/providers/aws/util.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/logging"
 )
 
-// DoRequestWithClient is a convenience function to get the body of an http response with
+// DoRequestWithClient is a convenience function to get the body of a http response with
 // appropriate error-handling boilerplate and logging.
 func DoRequestWithClient(req *http.Request, client *http.Client, desc string, logger logging.Logger) ([]byte, error) {
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
@@ -24,22 +24,18 @@ func DoRequestWithClient(req *http.Request, client *http.Client, desc string, lo
 		"headers": resp.Header,
 	}).Debug("Received response from " + desc + " service.")
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		if logger.GetLevel() == logging.Debug {
-			body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			if err == nil {
-				logger.Debug("Error response with response body: %s", body)
-			}
-		}
-		// could be 404 for role that's not available, but cover all the bases
-		return nil, errors.New(desc + " HTTP request returned unexpected status: " + resp.Status)
-	}
-
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		// deal with problems reading the body, whatever those might be
 		return nil, errors.New(desc + " HTTP response body could not be read: " + err.Error())
 	}
 
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		if logger.GetLevel() == logging.Debug {
+			logger.Debug("Error response with response body: %s", body)
+		}
+		// could be 404 for role that's not available, but cover all the bases
+		return nil, errors.New(desc + " HTTP request returned unexpected status: " + resp.Status)
+	}
 	return body, nil
 }