diff --git a/transport/internet/http/dialer.go b/transport/internet/http/dialer.go
index b48828794d1d..19956ff44860 100644
--- a/transport/internet/http/dialer.go
+++ b/transport/internet/http/dialer.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func getHTTPClient(ctx context.Context, dest net.Destination, streamSettings *in
 
 				pconn, err := internet.DialSystem(hctx, net.TCPDestination(address, port), sockopt)
 				if err != nil {
-					errors.LogErrorInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to " + addr)
+					errors.LogErrorInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to "+addr)
 					return nil, err
 				}
 
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ func getHTTPClient(ctx context.Context, dest net.Destination, streamSettings *in
 					cn = tls.Client(pconn, tlsConfig).(*tls.Conn)
 				}
 				if err := cn.HandshakeContext(ctx); err != nil {
-					errors.LogErrorInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to " + addr)
+					errors.LogErrorInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to "+addr)
 					return nil, err
 				}
 				if !tlsConfig.InsecureSkipVerify {
 					if err := cn.VerifyHostname(tlsConfig.ServerName); err != nil {
-						errors.LogErrorInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to " + addr)
+						errors.LogErrorInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to "+addr)
 						return nil, err
 					}
 				}
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func Dial(ctx context.Context, dest net.Destination, streamSettings *internet.Me
 			Host:   dest.NetAddr(),
 			Path:   httpSettings.getNormalizedPath(),
 		},
-		Header:     httpHeaders,
+		Header: httpHeaders,
 	}
 	// Disable any compression method from server.
 	request.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "identity")
@@ -232,8 +232,12 @@ func Dial(ctx context.Context, dest net.Destination, streamSettings *internet.Me
 	wrc := &WaitReadCloser{Wait: make(chan struct{})}
 	go func() {
 		response, err := client.Do(request)
-		if err != nil {
-			errors.LogWarningInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to ", dest)
+		if err != nil || response.StatusCode != 200 {
+			if err != nil {
+				errors.LogWarningInner(ctx, err, "failed to dial to ", dest)
+			} else {
+				errors.LogWarning(ctx, "unexpected status ", response.StatusCode)
+			}
 			wrc.Close()
 			{
 				// Abandon `client` if `client.Do(request)` failed
@@ -246,11 +250,6 @@ func Dial(ctx context.Context, dest net.Destination, streamSettings *internet.Me
 			}
 			return
 		}
-		if response.StatusCode != 200 {
-			errors.LogWarning(ctx, "unexpected status", response.StatusCode)
-			wrc.Close()
-			return
-		}
 		wrc.Set(response.Body)
 	}()