diff --git a/lib/lroPollStrategy.ts b/lib/lroPollStrategy.ts
index a545855..78a50d1 100644
--- a/lib/lroPollStrategy.ts
+++ b/lib/lroPollStrategy.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,15 @@ class LocationLROPollStrategy extends LROPollStrategy {
         lroPollState.resource = getResponseBody(result);
       } else if (400 <= statusCode && statusCode <= 499) {
         const resultBody: string = result.bodyAsText!;
-        throw new RestError(resultBody, undefined, statusCode, stripRequest(result.request), result, resultBody);
+        let errorMessage: string = resultBody;
+        try {
+          const resultObject = JSON.parse(resultBody);
+          errorMessage = resultObject.message;
+        } catch (parseError) {
+          // Ignore the exception, use resultBody as the error message
+        }
+
+        throw new RestError(errorMessage, undefined, statusCode, stripRequest(result.request), result, resultBody);
       } else {
         throw new Error(`The response with status code ${statusCode} from polling for long running operation url "${lroPollState.locationHeaderValue}" is not valid.`);
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f1209a..d863af6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "email": "azsdkteam@microsoft.com",
     "url": "https://github.com/Azure/ms-rest-azure-js"
   },
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "Isomorphic Azure client runtime for Typescript/node.js/browser javascript client libraries generated using AutoRest",
   "tags": [
     "isomorphic",