diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index baff153..875e339 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ sites/*/settings*.php
 # Ignore paths that contain user-generated content.
 sites/*/files
 sites/*/private
+
+sites/
diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 1f90704..ba94fd6 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -991,12 +991,9 @@ function drupal_http_request($url, array $options = array()) {
 
   // Parse the response status line.
   $response_status_array = _drupal_parse_response_status(trim(array_shift($response)));
-  $protocol = $response_status_array['http_version'];
+  $result->protocol = $response_status_array['http_version'];
+  $result->status_message = $response_status_array['reason_phrase'];
   $code = $response_status_array['response_code'];
-  $status_message = $response_status_array['reason_phrase'];
-
-  $result->protocol = $protocol;
-  $result->status_message = $status_message;
 
   $result->headers = array();
 
@@ -1087,7 +1084,7 @@ function drupal_http_request($url, array $options = array()) {
       }
       break;
     default:
-      $result->error = $status_message;
+      $result->error = $result->status_message;
   }
 
   return $result;