diff --git a/keystoneclient/client.py b/keystoneclient/client.py
index 11e64085b..d862136bd 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/client.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/client.py
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ class HTTPClient(httplib2.Http):
                                                      **request_kwargs)
         self.http_log_resp(resp, body)
 
+        if resp.status in (400, 401, 403, 404, 408, 409, 413, 500, 501):
+            _logger.debug("Request returned failure status.")
+            raise exceptions.from_response(resp, body)
+        elif resp.status in (301, 302, 305):
+            # Redirected. Reissue the request to the new location.
+            return self.request(resp['location'], method, **kwargs)
+
         if body:
             try:
                 body = json.loads(body)
@@ -136,13 +143,6 @@ class HTTPClient(httplib2.Http):
             _logger.debug("No body was returned.")
             body = None
 
-        if resp.status in (400, 401, 403, 404, 408, 409, 413, 500, 501):
-            _logger.exception("Request returned failure status.")
-            raise exceptions.from_response(resp, body)
-        elif resp.status in (301, 302, 305):
-            # Redirected. Reissue the request to the new location.
-            return self.request(resp['location'], method, **kwargs)
-
         return resp, body
 
     def _cs_request(self, url, method, **kwargs):
diff --git a/keystoneclient/v2_0/client.py b/keystoneclient/v2_0/client.py
index 130887235..fef1178ed 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/v2_0/client.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/v2_0/client.py
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ class Client(client.HTTPClient):
             self._extract_service_catalog(self.auth_url, raw_token)
             return True
         except (exceptions.AuthorizationFailure, exceptions.Unauthorized):
+            _logger.debug("Authorization Failed.")
             raise
         except Exception, e:
-            _logger.exception("Authorization Failed.")
             raise exceptions.AuthorizationFailure("Authorization Failed: "
                                                   "%s" % e)