diff --git a/swarm/api/http/roundtripper.go b/swarm/api/http/roundtripper.go
index ef2553118a..69c501e5be 100644
--- a/swarm/api/http/roundtripper.go
+++ b/swarm/api/http/roundtripper.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func (self *RoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err
 	}
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/%s:/%s/%s", host, self.Port, req.Proto, req.URL.Host, req.URL.Path)
 	glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("[BZZ] roundtripper: proxying request '%s' to '%s'", req.RequestURI, url)
-	reqProxy, _ := http.NewRequest(req.Method, url, req.Body)
+	reqProxy, err := http.NewRequest(req.Method, url, req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return http.DefaultClient.Do(reqProxy)
 }