diff --git a/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/io/HttpRequestExecutor.java b/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/io/HttpRequestExecutor.java
index 5208c0fc9f..84400643ae 100644
--- a/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/io/HttpRequestExecutor.java
+++ b/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/io/HttpRequestExecutor.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public ClassicHttpResponse execute(
                             }
                             response = null;
                             continue;
-                        } else if (status >= HttpStatus.SC_CLIENT_ERROR) {
+                        } else if (status >= HttpStatus.SC_REDIRECTION) {
                             conn.terminateRequest(request);
                         } else {
                             conn.sendRequestEntity(request);
diff --git a/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/nio/ClientHttp1StreamHandler.java b/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/nio/ClientHttp1StreamHandler.java
index b54c603dbf..8206fd3f7e 100644
--- a/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/nio/ClientHttp1StreamHandler.java
+++ b/httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/impl/nio/ClientHttp1StreamHandler.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void consumeHeader(final HttpResponse response, final EntityDetails entityDetail
             if (status == HttpStatus.SC_CONTINUE || status >= HttpStatus.SC_SUCCESS) {
                 outputChannel.setSocketTimeout(timeout);
                 requestState.set(MessageState.BODY);
-                if (status < HttpStatus.SC_CLIENT_ERROR) {
+                if (status < HttpStatus.SC_REDIRECTION) {
                     exchangeHandler.produce(internalDataChannel);
                 }
             }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void consumeHeader(final HttpResponse response, final EntityDetails entityDetail
             return;
         }
         if (requestState.get() == MessageState.BODY) {
-            if (status >= HttpStatus.SC_CLIENT_ERROR) {
+            if (status >= HttpStatus.SC_REDIRECTION) {
                 requestState.set(MessageState.COMPLETE);
                 if (!outputChannel.abortGracefully()) {
                     keepAlive = false;