diff --git a/lib/api/util.js b/lib/api/util.js
index c5573bf3f8c..2f983bf424c 100644
--- a/lib/api/util.js
+++ b/lib/api/util.js
@@ -12,18 +12,25 @@ async function getResolveErrorBodyCallback ({ callback, body, contentType, statu
   let chunks = []
   let length = 0
 
-  for await (const chunk of body) {
-    chunks.push(chunk)
-    length += chunk.length
-    if (length > CHUNK_LIMIT) {
-      chunks = null
-      break
+  try {
+    for await (const chunk of body) {
+      chunks.push(chunk)
+      length += chunk.length
+      if (length > CHUNK_LIMIT) {
+        chunks = []
+        length = 0
+        break
+      }
     }
+  } catch {
+    chunks = []
+    length = 0
+    // Do nothing....
   }
 
   const message = `Response status code ${statusCode}${statusMessage ? `: ${statusMessage}` : ''}`
 
-  if (statusCode === 204 || !contentType || !chunks) {
+  if (statusCode === 204 || !contentType || !length) {
     queueMicrotask(() => callback(new ResponseStatusCodeError(message, statusCode, headers)))
     return
   }
diff --git a/test/issue-3136.js b/test/issue-3136.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..163433cb119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue-3136.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const { request } = require('..')
+const { test, after } = require('node:test')
+const net = require('node:net')
+const { once } = require('node:events')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
+
+test('https://github.com/mcollina/undici/issues/3136', async (t) => {
+  const server = net.createServer((socket) => {
+    socket.write('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\n')
+    socket.write('Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n')
+    socket.write('\r\n')
+  })
+  after(() => server.close())
+  server.listen(0)
+  await once(server, 'listening')
+  await assert.rejects(
+    request(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, {
+      throwOnError: true
+    })
+  )
+})