diff --git a/api/allocations.go b/api/allocations.go
index 1da3a856f34..18d1d4d6ee8 100644
--- a/api/allocations.go
+++ b/api/allocations.go
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ func (a *Allocations) Stats(alloc *Allocation, q *QueryOptions) (map[string]*Tas
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	resp := make(map[string][]*TaskResourceUsage)
-	client.query("/v1/client/allocation/"+alloc.ID+"/stats", &resp, nil)
+	_, err = client.query("/v1/client/allocation/"+alloc.ID+"/stats", &resp, nil)
 	res := make(map[string]*TaskResourceUsage)
 	for task, ru := range resp {
 		res[task] = ru[0]
 	}
-	return res, nil
+	return res, err
 }
 
 // Allocation is used for serialization of allocations.
diff --git a/command/alloc_status.go b/command/alloc_status.go
index 81c1548213d..fe5943eb2d9 100644
--- a/command/alloc_status.go
+++ b/command/alloc_status.go
@@ -130,10 +130,9 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	stats, err := client.Allocations().Stats(alloc, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("couldn't retreive stats: %v", err))
-	}
+	var statsErr error
+	var stats map[string]*api.TaskResourceUsage
+	stats, statsErr = client.Allocations().Stats(alloc, nil)
 
 	// Format the allocation data
 	basic := []string{
@@ -172,6 +171,11 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		dumpAllocStatus(c.Ui, alloc, length)
 	}
 
+	if statsErr != nil {
+		c.Ui.Output("")
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("couldn't retreive stats: %v", statsErr))
+	}
+
 	return 0
 }