diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
index 45ebbcd76d..5cbe9040ba 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                 Response = ((OsuJsonWebRequest<T>)WebRequest).ResponseObject;
                 Logger.Log($"{GetType().ReadableName()} finished with response size of {WebRequest.ResponseStream.Length:#,0} bytes", LoggingTarget.Network);
             }
+
+            if (Response == null)
+                TriggerFailure(new ArgumentNullException(nameof(Response)));
         }
 
         internal void TriggerSuccess(T result)
@@ -152,6 +155,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
 
             PostProcess();
 
+            if (isFailing) return;
+
             TriggerSuccess();
         }