diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/body.js b/lib/web/fetch/body.js
index 0e33d2c9057..26cce5f3e0c 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/body.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/body.js
@@ -403,14 +403,14 @@ function mixinBody (prototype) {
 async function consumeBody (object, convertBytesToJSValue, instance) {
   webidl.brandCheck(object, instance)
 
-  throwIfAborted(object[kState])
-
   // 1. If object is unusable, then return a promise rejected
   //    with a TypeError.
   if (bodyUnusable(object[kState].body)) {
     throw new TypeError('Body is unusable')
   }
 
+  throwIfAborted(object[kState])
+
   // 2. Let promise be a new promise.
   const promise = createDeferredPromise()
 
diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/index.js b/lib/web/fetch/index.js
index 30f457df395..76acc3d865b 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/index.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/index.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const {
   subresourceSet
 } = require('./constants')
 const EE = require('node:events')
-const { Readable, pipeline } = require('node:stream')
+const { Readable, pipeline, finished } = require('node:stream')
 const { addAbortListener, isErrored, isReadable, nodeMajor, nodeMinor, bufferToLowerCasedHeaderName } = require('../../core/util')
 const { dataURLProcessor, serializeAMimeType, minimizeSupportedMimeType } = require('./data-url')
 const { getGlobalDispatcher } = require('../../global')
@@ -1082,39 +1082,17 @@ function fetchFinale (fetchParams, response) {
   } else {
     // mcollina: all the following steps of the specs are skipped.
     // The internal transform stream is not needed.
-    //
+    // See https://github.com/nodejs/undici/pull/3093#issuecomment-2050198541
+
     // 1. Let transformStream be a new TransformStream.
     // 2. Let identityTransformAlgorithm be an algorithm which, given chunk, enqueues chunk in transformStream.
     // 3. Set up transformStream with transformAlgorithm set to identityTransformAlgorithm and flushAlgorithm
     //    set to processResponseEndOfBody.
     // 4. Set internalResponse’s body’s stream to the result of internalResponse’s body’s stream piped through transformStream.
 
-    const byteStream = new ReadableStream({
-      readableStream: internalResponse.body.stream,
-      async start () {
-        this._bodyReader = this.readableStream.getReader()
-      },
-      async pull (controller) {
-        while (controller.desiredSize >= 0) {
-          const { done, value } = await this._bodyReader.read()
-
-          if (done) {
-            queueMicrotask(() => {
-              readableStreamClose(controller)
-
-              // Added to in lieu of steps 1-4 of the spec
-              processResponseEndOfBody()
-            })
-            break
-          }
-
-          controller.enqueue(value)
-        }
-      },
-      type: 'bytes'
+    finished(internalResponse.body.stream, () => {
+      processResponseEndOfBody()
     })
-
-    internalResponse.body.stream = byteStream
   }
 }