diff --git a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
index c0fc81f4ee..48944fa68b 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
@@ -700,8 +700,13 @@ async Task<IApiResponse<byte[]>> GetRaw(IRequest request)
         {
             request.Headers.Add("Accept", AcceptHeaders.RawContentMediaType);
             var response = await RunRequest(request, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            
-            return new ApiResponse<byte[]>(response, await StreamToByteArray(response.Body as Stream));
+
+            if (response.Body is Stream stream)
+            {
+                return new ApiResponse<byte[]>(response, await StreamToByteArray(stream));
+            }
+
+            return new ApiResponse<byte[]>(response, response.Body as byte[]);
         }
         
         async Task<IApiResponse<Stream>> GetRawStream(IRequest request)