diff --git a/src/http.rs b/src/http.rs
index 0461690c..1442dabb 100644
--- a/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/http.rs
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ pub async fn do_http_request(
         )),
     };
     match make_http_request(request, cost).await {
-        Ok((result,)) => String::from_utf8(result.body)
-            .map_err(|_| EthRpcError::InvalidResponse("expected UTF-8".to_string())),
+        Ok((result,)) => {
+            String::from_utf8(result.body).map_err(|_| EthRpcError::ResponseParseError)
+        }
         Err((r, m)) => {
             inc_metric!(request_err_http);
             Err(EthRpcError::HttpRequestError {
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 0eadd1c6..5e2d7710 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ pub enum EthRpcError {
     TooFewCycles { expected: u128, received: u128 },
     ServiceUrlParseError,
     ServiceHostNotAllowed(String),
-    InvalidResponse(String),
+    ResponseParseError,
     ProviderNotFound,
     HttpRequestError { code: u32, message: String },
 }