diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index a6256345..c66bcb8b 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -784,14 +784,14 @@ func (c *Client) execute(req *Request) (*Response, error) {
 	// to modify the *resty.Request object
 	for _, f := range c.udBeforeRequest {
 		if err = f(c, req); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, wrapNoRetryErr(err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// resty middlewares
 	for _, f := range c.beforeRequest {
 		if err = f(c, req); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, wrapNoRetryErr(err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -802,12 +802,12 @@ func (c *Client) execute(req *Request) (*Response, error) {
 	// call pre-request if defined
 	if c.preReqHook != nil {
 		if err = c.preReqHook(c, req.RawRequest); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, wrapNoRetryErr(err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if err = requestLogger(c, req); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, wrapNoRetryErr(err)
 	}
 
 	req.Time = time.Now()
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ func (c *Client) execute(req *Request) (*Response, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return response, err
+	return response, wrapNoRetryErr(err)
 }
 
 // getting TLS client config if not exists then create one
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index edaed15a..776a26e5 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ func (r *Request) Send() (*Response, error) {
 // 		resp, err := client.R().Execute(resty.GET, "http://httpbin.org/get")
 func (r *Request) Execute(method, url string) (*Response, error) {
 	var addrs []*net.SRV
+	var resp *Response
 	var err error
 
 	if r.isMultiPart && !(method == MethodPost || method == MethodPut || method == MethodPatch) {
@@ -650,10 +651,10 @@ func (r *Request) Execute(method, url string) (*Response, error) {
 	r.URL = r.selectAddr(addrs, url, 0)
 
 	if r.client.RetryCount == 0 {
-		return r.client.execute(r)
+		resp, err = r.client.execute(r)
+		return resp, unwrapNoRetryErr(err)
 	}
 
-	var resp *Response
 	attempt := 0
 	err = Backoff(
 		func() (*Response, error) {
@@ -674,7 +675,7 @@ func (r *Request) Execute(method, url string) (*Response, error) {
 		RetryConditions(r.client.RetryConditions),
 	)
 
-	return resp, err
+	return resp, unwrapNoRetryErr(err)
 }
 
 //‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
index 25a478d8..3bf1f169 100644
--- a/request_test.go
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -315,8 +315,14 @@ func TestForceContentTypeForGH276andGH240(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := createPostServer(t)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
+	retried := 0
 	c := dc()
 	c.SetDebug(false)
+	c.SetRetryCount(3)
+	c.SetRetryAfter(RetryAfterFunc(func(*Client, *Response) (time.Duration, error) {
+		retried++
+		return 0, nil
+	}))
 
 	resp, err := c.R().
 		SetBody(map[string]interface{}{"username": "testuser", "password": "testpass"}).
@@ -326,6 +332,7 @@ func TestForceContentTypeForGH276andGH240(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertNotNil(t, err) // expecting error due to incorrect content type from server end
 	assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
+	assertEqual(t, 0, retried)
 
 	t.Logf("Result Success: %q", resp.Result().(*AuthSuccess))
 
@@ -524,7 +531,7 @@ func TestRequestAuthScheme(t *testing.T) {
 	resp, err := c.R().
 		SetAuthScheme("Bearer").
 		SetAuthToken("004DDB79-6801-4587-B976-F093E6AC44FF-Request").
-	        Get(ts.URL + "/profile")
+		Get(ts.URL + "/profile")
 
 	assertError(t, err)
 	assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
diff --git a/retry.go b/retry.go
index fa97315a..0b7c6ffe 100644
--- a/retry.go
+++ b/retry.go
@@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ func Backoff(operation func() (*Response, error), options ...Option) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		needsRetry := err != nil // retry on operation errors by default
+		err1 := unwrapNoRetryErr(err)           // raw error, it used for return users callback.
+		needsRetry := err != nil && err == err1 // retry on a few operation errors by default
 
 		for _, condition := range opts.retryConditions {
-			needsRetry = condition(resp, err)
+			needsRetry = condition(resp, err1)
 			if needsRetry {
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 6f71dba6..a247be46 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -331,3 +331,25 @@ func copyHeaders(hdrs http.Header) http.Header {
 	}
 	return nh
 }
+
+type noRetryErr struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (e *noRetryErr) Error() string {
+	return e.err.Error()
+}
+
+func wrapNoRetryErr(err error) error {
+	if err != nil {
+		err = &noRetryErr{err: err}
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func unwrapNoRetryErr(err error) error {
+	if e, ok := err.(*noRetryErr); ok {
+		err = e.err
+	}
+	return err
+}