diff --git a/wp-includes/class-http.php b/wp-includes/class-http.php
index 6f2e28cc22..2b27658f89 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -1520,10 +1520,16 @@ class WP_Http_Curl {
 
 		// If an error occurred, or, no response.
 		if ( $curl_error || ( 0 == strlen( $theBody ) && empty( $theHeaders['headers'] ) ) ) {
-			if ( CURLE_WRITE_ERROR /* 23 */ == $curl_error && $r['stream'] ) {
+			if ( CURLE_WRITE_ERROR /* 23 */ == $curl_error ) {
 				if ( ! $this->max_body_length || $this->max_body_length != $bytes_written_total ) {
-					fclose( $this->stream_handle );
-					return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Failed to write request to temporary file.' ) );
+					if ( $r['stream'] ) {
+						curl_close( $handle );
+						fclose( $this->stream_handle );
+						return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Failed to write request to temporary file.' ) );
+					} else {
+						curl_close( $handle );
+						return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', curl_error( $handle ) );
+					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				if ( $curl_error = curl_error( $handle ) ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 171468dff1..1de6f5978f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.2-alpha-31289';
+$wp_version = '4.2-alpha-31290';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.