diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/ajax-error.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/ajax-error.js.es6
index b7a8f24c6f3..0b4700a2737 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/ajax-error.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/ajax-error.js.es6
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ function extractError(error) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (!parsedError) {
+    if (error.status && error.status >= 400) {
+      parsedError = error.status + " " + error.statusText;
+    }
+  }
+
   return parsedError || I18n.t('generic_error');
 }