diff --git a/protocol/common/endpoints.go b/protocol/common/endpoints.go
index 16777b3387..99cd6504ac 100644
--- a/protocol/common/endpoints.go
+++ b/protocol/common/endpoints.go
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ type RelayResult struct {
 	StatusCode      int
 	Quorum          int
 	ProviderTrailer metadata.MD // the provider trailer attached to the request. used to transfer useful information (which is not signed so shouldn't be trusted completely).
+	IsNodeError     bool
 }
 
 func (rr *RelayResult) GetReplyServer() pairingtypes.Relayer_RelaySubscribeClient {
diff --git a/protocol/rpcconsumer/rpcconsumer_server.go b/protocol/rpcconsumer/rpcconsumer_server.go
index 0166ffde47..b9ece3956b 100644
--- a/protocol/rpcconsumer/rpcconsumer_server.go
+++ b/protocol/rpcconsumer/rpcconsumer_server.go
@@ -757,9 +757,9 @@ func (rpccs *RPCConsumerServer) sendRelayToProvider(
 			}
 
 			errResponse = rpccs.consumerSessionManager.OnSessionDone(singleConsumerSession, latestBlock, chainlib.GetComputeUnits(protocolMessage), relayLatency, singleConsumerSession.CalculateExpectedLatency(expectedRelayTimeoutForQOS), expectedBH, numOfProviders, pairingAddressesLen, protocolMessage.GetApi().Category.HangingApi) // session done successfully
-
+			isNodeError, _ := protocolMessage.CheckResponseError(localRelayResult.Reply.Data, localRelayResult.StatusCode)
+			localRelayResult.IsNodeError = isNodeError
 			if rpccs.cache.CacheActive() && rpcclient.ValidateStatusCodes(localRelayResult.StatusCode, true) == nil {
-				isNodeError, _ := protocolMessage.CheckResponseError(localRelayResult.Reply.Data, localRelayResult.StatusCode)
 				// in case the error is a node error we don't want to cache
 				if !isNodeError {
 					// copy reply data so if it changes it doesn't panic mid async send
@@ -1314,8 +1314,7 @@ func (rpccs *RPCConsumerServer) appendHeadersToRelayResult(ctx context.Context,
 		})
 
 	// add is node error flag
-	isNodeError, _ := protocolMessage.CheckResponseError(relayResult.Reply.Data, relayResult.StatusCode)
-	if isNodeError {
+	if relayResult.IsNodeError {
 		metadataReply = append(metadataReply,
 			pairingtypes.Metadata{
 				Name:  common.LAVA_IDENTIFIED_NODE_ERROR_HEADER,