diff --git a/swift/common/internal_client.py b/swift/common/internal_client.py
index cc1f022..2d707d8 100644
--- a/swift/common/internal_client.py
+++ b/swift/common/internal_client.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class InternalClient(object):
                 (path, quote(marker), quote(end_marker)),
                 {}, acceptable_statuses)
             if not resp.status_int == 200:
+                ''.join(resp.app_iter)
                 break
             data = json.loads(resp.body)
             if not data: