diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/handler/rest/RestMethodHandler.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/handler/rest/RestMethodHandler.java
index 662dec0cb4..8dc73b57b7 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/handler/rest/RestMethodHandler.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/handler/rest/RestMethodHandler.java
@@ -228,31 +228,36 @@ private JFieldRef setCookies(ExecutableElement executableElement, RestHolder res
 	 * that it behaves as it did previous to this feature.
 	 */
 	private void insertRestTryCatchBlock(RestHolder holder, JBlock body, JExpression returnCall, boolean methodReturnVoid) {
-		JTryBlock tryBlock = body._try();
+		JBlock returnCallBody = body;
 
-		if (methodReturnVoid) {
-			tryBlock.body().add((JInvocation) returnCall);
-		} else {
-			tryBlock.body()._return(returnCall);
-		}
+		if (holder.getRestErrorHandlerField() != null) {
+			JTryBlock tryBlock = body._try();
+			returnCallBody = tryBlock.body();
+
+			JCatchBlock jCatch = tryBlock._catch(classes().REST_CLIENT_EXCEPTION);
 
-		JCatchBlock jCatch = tryBlock._catch(classes().REST_CLIENT_EXCEPTION);
+			JBlock catchBlock = jCatch.body();
+			JConditional conditional = catchBlock._if(JOp.ne(holder.getRestErrorHandlerField(), JExpr._null()));
+			JVar exceptionParam = jCatch.param("e");
 
-		JBlock catchBlock = jCatch.body();
-		JConditional conditional = catchBlock._if(JOp.ne(holder.getRestErrorHandlerField(), JExpr._null()));
-		JVar exceptionParam = jCatch.param("e");
+			JBlock thenBlock = conditional._then();
 
-		JBlock thenBlock = conditional._then();
+			// call the handler method if it was set.
+			thenBlock.add(holder.getRestErrorHandlerField().invoke("onRestClientExceptionThrown").arg(exceptionParam));
 
-		// call the handler method if it was set.
-		thenBlock.add(holder.getRestErrorHandlerField().invoke("onRestClientExceptionThrown").arg(exceptionParam));
+			// return null if exception was caught and handled.
+			if (!methodReturnVoid) {
+				thenBlock._return(JExpr._null());
+			}
 
-		// return null if exception was caught and handled.
-		if (!methodReturnVoid) {
-			thenBlock._return(JExpr._null());
+			// re-throw the exception if handler wasn't set.
+			conditional._else()._throw(exceptionParam);
 		}
 
-		// re-throw the exception if handler wasn't set.
-		conditional._else()._throw(exceptionParam);
+		if (methodReturnVoid) {
+			returnCallBody.add((JInvocation) returnCall);
+		} else {
+			returnCallBody._return(returnCall);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/holder/RestHolder.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/holder/RestHolder.java
index 0d357eb880..51364dec85 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/holder/RestHolder.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/holder/RestHolder.java
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ private void implementSetErrorHandler(List<ExecutableElement> methods) {
 		JMethod setErrorHandlerMethod = codeModelHelper.implementMethod(this, methods, "setRestErrorHandler", TypeKind.VOID.toString(), RestErrorHandler.class.getName());
 
 		if (setErrorHandlerMethod != null) {
+			setRestErrorHandlerField();
 			setErrorHandlerMethod.body().assign(_this().ref(getRestErrorHandlerField()), setErrorHandlerMethod.params().get(0));
 		}
 	}
@@ -256,9 +257,7 @@ private void setAuthenticationField() {
 	}
 
 	public JFieldVar getRestErrorHandlerField() {
-		if (restErrorHandlerField == null) {
-			setRestErrorHandlerField();
-		}
+		// restErrorHandlerField is created only if the method setRestErrorHandler is implemented
 		return restErrorHandlerField;
 	}
 
diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/functional-test-1-5/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/test15/rest/HttpMethodsService.java b/AndroidAnnotations/functional-test-1-5/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/test15/rest/HttpMethodsService.java
index 93b95d8602..fbdc053e08 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/functional-test-1-5/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/test15/rest/HttpMethodsService.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/functional-test-1-5/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/test15/rest/HttpMethodsService.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import org.androidannotations.annotations.rest.Post;
 import org.androidannotations.annotations.rest.Put;
 import org.androidannotations.annotations.rest.Rest;
+import org.androidannotations.api.rest.RestClientErrorHandling;
+import org.androidannotations.api.rest.RestErrorHandler;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@
 
 // if defined, the rootUrl will be added as a prefix to every request
 @Rest(rootUrl = "http://company.com/ajax/services", converters = { MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.class }, interceptors = { RequestInterceptor.class })
-public interface HttpMethodsService {
+public interface HttpMethodsService extends RestClientErrorHandling {
 
 	@Delete("/delete/")
 	void delete();