diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
index 38550cc2128a56..b1cc367487f571 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
@@ -128,7 +128,14 @@ def emit_mce(self, mce: MetadataChangeEvent) -> None:
 
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError as e:
-            info = response.json()
+            try:
+                info = response.json()
+            except Exception as parse_exception:
+                response.raise_for_status()
+                raise OperationalError(
+                    "Unable to parse response from ingestion sink",
+                    {"message": str(parse_exception)},
+                ) from e
             raise OperationalError(
                 "Unable to emit metadata to DataHub GMS", info
             ) from e