diff --git a/wp-admin/import/wordpress.php b/wp-admin/import/wordpress.php
index dfed4012cf..40e84a7cc9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/wordpress.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/wordpress.php
@@ -604,10 +604,16 @@ class WP_Import {
 		// fetch the remote url and write it to the placeholder file
 		$headers = wp_get_http($url, $upload['file']);
 
+		//Request failed
+		if ( ! $headers ) {
+			@unlink($upload['file']);
+			return new WP_Error( 'import_file_error', __('Remote server did not respond') );
+		}
+
 		// make sure the fetch was successful
 		if ( $headers['response'] != '200' ) {
 			@unlink($upload['file']);
-			return new WP_Error( 'import_file_error', sprintf(__('Remote file returned error response %d'), intval($headers['response'])) );
+			return new WP_Error( 'import_file_error', sprintf(__('Remote file returned error response %1$d %2$s'), $headers['response'], get_status_header_desc($headers['response']) ) );
 		}
 		elseif ( isset($headers['content-length']) && filesize($upload['file']) != $headers['content-length'] ) {
 			@unlink($upload['file']);
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index ab8c818c9d..282bab9364 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1051,6 +1051,8 @@ function wp_get_http( $url, $file_path = false, $deprecated = false ) {
 		return false;
 
 	$headers = wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
+	$headers['response'] = $response['response']['code'];
+
 	if ( false == $file_path )
 		return $headers;