diff --git a/libraries/http_request.inc b/libraries/http_request.inc
index 4ed75fd..9a8310b 100644
--- a/libraries/http_request.inc
+++ b/libraries/http_request.inc
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ define('HTTP_REQUEST_PCRE_TAG_ATTRIBUTES', '/[\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x20]+([^\x09\
 class HRCurlException extends Exception {}
 
 /**
+ * For HTTP requests that do not return a 2xx code.
+ */
+class FeedsHTTPRequestException extends Exception {}
+
+/**
  * Discovers RSS or atom feeds at the given URL.
  *
  * If document in given URL is an HTML document, function attempts to discover
@@ -311,6 +316,57 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
 }
 
 /**
+ * Checks the result of the HTTP Request.
+ *
+ * @param string $url
+ *   The URL that was requested.
+ * @param object $result
+ *   The HTTP Request result.
+ *
+ * @throws FeedsHTTPRequestException
+ *   In case the result code of the HTTP request is not in the 2xx series.
+ */
+function http_request_check_result($url, $result) {
+  if (!in_array($result->code, array(200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206))) {
+    $vars = array(
+      '@url' => $url,
+      '@code' => $result->code,
+      '@error' => isset($result->error) ? $result->error : 'Unknown error',
+    );
+
+    switch ($result->code) {
+      case FEEDS_ERROR_PARSE_ERROR:
+        $message = t('Download of @url failed because it could not be parsed.', $vars);
+        break;
+
+      case FEEDS_ERROR_NO_SCHEME:
+        $message = t("Download of @url failed because its scheme could not be determined. The URL is expected to start with something like '@example'.", $vars + array(
+          '@example' => 'http://',
+        ));
+        break;
+
+      case FEEDS_ERROR_INVALID_SCHEME:
+        $message = t('Download of @url failed because its scheme is not supported: @error. Examples of supported schemes are: @supported.', $vars + array(
+          '@scheme' => $result->uri['scheme'],
+          '@supported' => implode(', ', array('http', 'https')),
+        ));
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        if (isset($result->error)) {
+          $message = t('Download of @url failed with code @code and the following error: @error.', $vars);
+        }
+        else {
+          $message = t('Download of @url failed with code @code.', $vars);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    throw new FeedsHTTPRequestException($message);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Decides if it's possible to use cURL or not.
  *
  * @return bool
diff --git a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
index cd91b63..93a89f8 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
@@ -42,15 +42,16 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Overrides FeedsFetcherResult::getRaw();
+   * Overrides FeedsFetcherResult::getRaw().
+   *
+   * @throws FeedsHTTPRequestException
+   *   In case the result code of the HTTP request is not in the 2xx series.
    */
   public function getRaw() {
     if (!isset($this->raw)) {
       feeds_include_library('http_request.inc', 'http_request');
       $result = http_request_get($this->url, NULL, NULL, $this->acceptInvalidCert, $this->timeout);
-      if (!in_array($result->code, array(200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206))) {
-        throw new Exception(t('Download of @url failed with code !code.', array('@url' => $this->url, '!code' => $result->code)));
-      }
+      http_request_check_result($result);
       $this->raw = $result->data;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/FeedsParser.inc b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
index 058903a..5de55ee 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
@@ -430,47 +430,14 @@ class FeedsEnclosure extends FeedsElement {
    *
    * @return string
    *   The content of the referenced resource.
+   *
+   * @throws FeedsHTTPRequestException
+   *   In case the result code of the HTTP request is not in the 2xx series.
    */
   public function getContent() {
     feeds_include_library('http_request.inc', 'http_request');
     $result = http_request_get($this->getUrlEncodedValue());
-    if ($result->code != 200) {
-      $vars = array(
-        '@url' => $this->getUrlEncodedValue(),
-        '@code' => $result->code,
-        '@error' => isset($result->error) ? $result->error : 'Unknown error',
-      );
-
-      switch ($result->code) {
-        case FEEDS_ERROR_PARSE_ERROR:
-          $message = t('Download of @url failed because it could not be parsed.', $vars);
-          break;
-
-        case FEEDS_ERROR_NO_SCHEME:
-          $message = t("Download of @url failed because its scheme could not be determined. The URL is expected to start with something like '@example'.", $vars + array(
-            '@example' => 'http://',
-          ));
-          break;
-
-        case FEEDS_ERROR_INVALID_SCHEME:
-          $message = t('Download of @url failed because its scheme is not supported: @error. Examples of supported schemes are: @supported.', $vars + array(
-            '@scheme' => $result->uri['scheme'],
-            '@supported' => implode(', ', array('http', 'https')),
-          ));
-          break;
-
-        default:
-          if (isset($result->error)) {
-            $message = t('Download of @url failed with code @code and the following error: @error.', $vars);
-          }
-          else {
-            $message = t('Download of @url failed with code @code.', $vars);
-          }
-          break;
-      }
-
-      throw new Exception($message);
-    }
+    http_request_check_result($this->getUrlEncodedValue(), $result);
     return $result->data;
   }