diff --git a/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts b/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts
index 99c51d99..6fbcb8e6 100644
--- a/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts
+++ b/lib/loaders/express.loader.ts
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ export class ExpressLoader extends AbstractLoader {
       }
 
       app.use((err: any, req: any, _res: any, next: Function) => {
+        if (err instanceof HttpException) {
+          throw err;
+        }
+
         if (isRouteExcluded(req, options.exclude)) {
           const method = httpAdapter.getRequestMethod(req);
           const url = httpAdapter.getRequestUrl(req);
           return next(new NotFoundException(`Cannot ${method} ${url}`));
-        }
-
-        if (err instanceof HttpException) {
-          throw err;
         } else if (err?.message?.includes('ENOENT')) {
           throw new NotFoundException(err.message);
         } else if (err?.code === 'ENOENT') {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts b/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts
index 822713fc..179bcc1f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/express-adapter.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { INestApplication, PayloadTooLargeException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { Server } from 'net';
 import request from 'supertest';
@@ -156,4 +156,32 @@ describe('Express adapter', () => {
       await app.close();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('when error happens in the previous middleware', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule.withDefaults(), {
+        logger: new NoopLogger()
+      });
+
+      app.use((_req, _res, next) => {
+        next(new PayloadTooLargeException());
+      });
+
+      app.setGlobalPrefix('api');
+
+      server = app.getHttpServer();
+      await app.init();
+    });
+
+    it('should return 413', async () => {
+      return request(server)
+        .get('/api')
+        .expect(413)
+        .expect(/Payload Too Large/);
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await app.close();
+    });
+  });
 });