diff --git a/functions/go/render-helm-chart/third_party/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go b/functions/go/render-helm-chart/third_party/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
index 7ea7d4f28..477bb4509 100644
--- a/functions/go/render-helm-chart/third_party/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
+++ b/functions/go/render-helm-chart/third_party/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ func (p *HelmChartInflationGeneratorPlugin) createNewMergedValuesFiles(path stri
 				if err != nil {
 					return "", err
 				}
+				if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+					return "", fmt.Errorf("non-ok http status: %d returned", resp.StatusCode)
+				}
 				defer resp.Body.Close()
 				pValues, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 				if err != nil {