diff --git a/test/test_networking.py b/test/test_networking.py
index 826f11a561..d96624af18 100644
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
@@ -822,6 +822,24 @@ def test_remove_logging_handler(self, handler, logger_name):
         rh.close()
         assert len(logging_handlers) == before_count
 
+    def test_wrap_request_errors(self):
+        class TestRequestHandler(RequestHandler):
+            def _validate(self, request):
+                if request.headers.get('x-fail'):
+                    raise UnsupportedRequest('test error')
+
+            def _send(self, request: Request):
+                raise RequestError('test error')
+
+        with TestRequestHandler(logger=FakeLogger()) as rh:
+            with pytest.raises(UnsupportedRequest, match='test error') as exc_info:
+                rh.validate(Request('http://example.com', headers={'x-fail': '1'}))
+            assert exc_info.value.handler is rh
+
+            with pytest.raises(RequestError, match='test error') as exc_info:
+                rh.send(Request('http://example.com'))
+            assert exc_info.value.handler is rh
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
 class TestUrllibRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py b/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py
index fe3354ea29..b86d3606d8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 
-from .exceptions import RequestError, UnsupportedRequest
+from .exceptions import RequestError
 from ..dependencies import certifi
 from ..socks import ProxyType, sockssocket
 from ..utils import format_field, traverse_obj
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def wrap_request_errors(func):
     def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        except UnsupportedRequest as e:
+        except RequestError as e:
             if e.handler is None:
                 e.handler = self
             raise