diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
index 0b553a59..2622fba2 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ class XCCClient(IMMClient):
                 progress({'phase': 'upload',
                           'progress': 100.0 * rsp['received'] / rsp['size']})
             elif rsp['state'] != 'done':
-                if rsp.get('status', None) == 413:
+                if rsp.get('status', None) == 413 or uploadthread.rspstatus == 413:
                     raise Exception('File is larger than supported')
                 raise Exception('Unexpected result:' + repr(rsp))
             uploadstate = rsp['state']
diff --git a/pyghmi/util/webclient.py b/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
index fd746b95..fe770b8b 100644
--- a/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
+++ b/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
@@ -53,11 +53,17 @@ class FileUploader(threading.Thread):
         self.data = data
         self.otherfields = otherfields
         self.formname = formname
+        self.rsp = ''
+        self.rspstatus = 500
         super(FileUploader, self).__init__()
 
     def run(self):
-        self.rsp = self.wc.upload(self.url, self.filename, self.data,
-                                  self.formname, otherfields=self.otherfields)
+        try:
+            self.rsp = self.wc.upload(self.url, self.filename, self.data,
+                                    self.formname, otherfields=self.otherfields)
+        except Exception:
+            self.rspstatus = self.wc.rspstatus
+            raise
 
 
 class FileDownloader(threading.Thread):
@@ -244,6 +250,7 @@ class SecureHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
             del uploadforms[filename]
         except KeyError:  # something could have already deleted it
             pass
+        self.rspstatus = rsp.status
         if rsp.status != 200:
             raise Exception('Unexpected response in file upload: ' +
                             rsp.read())