diff --git a/modules/java-http-client/src/snhttp/jdk/net/http/BodySubscribersImpl.scala b/modules/java-http-client/src/snhttp/jdk/net/http/BodySubscribersImpl.scala
index f9af30b..26c42a4 100644
--- a/modules/java-http-client/src/snhttp/jdk/net/http/BodySubscribersImpl.scala
+++ b/modules/java-http-client/src/snhttp/jdk/net/http/BodySubscribersImpl.scala
@@ -287,18 +287,25 @@ private[snhttp] class PathBodySubscriber(file: Path, openOptions: OpenOption*)
         fh = FileChannel.open(file, openOptions*)
         this.subscription.request(1)
       catch //
-        case exc: IOException => onError(exc)
+        case exc: IOException =>
+          this.subscription.cancel()
+          onError(exc)
     } //
     else //
       subscription.cancel()
   }
 
   override def onNext(item: JList[ByteBuffer]): Unit =
-    item.stream().forEach { buf =>
-      requireNonNull(buf)
-      if (buf.hasRemaining()) fh.write(buf.duplicate()): Unit
-    }
-    subscription.request(1)
+    try
+      item.stream().forEach { buf =>
+        requireNonNull(buf)
+        if (buf.hasRemaining()) fh.write(buf.duplicate()): Unit
+      }
+      subscription.request(1)
+    catch
+      case exc: IOException =>
+        subscription.cancel()
+        onError(exc)
 
   override def onError(e: Throwable): Unit =
     closeFileChannel()
diff --git a/modules/java-http-client/test/src/java/net/http/HttpResponse/FileBodySubscriberFailureTest.scala b/modules/java-http-client/test/src/java/net/http/HttpResponse/FileBodySubscriberFailureTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80d8f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/java-http-client/test/src/java/net/http/HttpResponse/FileBodySubscriberFailureTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package snhttp.test.java.net.http
+
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodySubscribers
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path}
+import java.util.List as JList
+import java.util.concurrent.{ExecutionException, TimeUnit}
+
+import utest.{TestSuite, Tests, test, assert, assertThrows}
+
+import _root_.snhttp.test.jdk.net.http.MockSubscription
+
+class FileBodySubscriberFailureTest extends TestSuite:
+  val tests = Tests:
+    test("successful file output preserves all bytes across buffers") {
+      val file = Files.createTempFile("body-file-success", ".bin")
+      try
+        val subscriber = BodySubscribers.ofFile(file)
+        val subscription = MockSubscription()
+        subscriber.onSubscribe(subscription)
+        subscriber.onNext(JList.of(
+          ByteBuffer.wrap(Array[Byte](1, 2)),
+          ByteBuffer.allocate(0),
+          ByteBuffer.wrap(Array[Byte](3, 4)),
+        ))
+        subscriber.onComplete()
+        assert(subscriber.getBody().toCompletableFuture().get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) == file)
+        assert(Files.readAllBytes(file).toSeq == Seq[Byte](1, 2, 3, 4))
+        assert(!subscription.cancelled)
+      finally Files.delete(file)
+    }
+
+    test("file open failure cancels upstream and fails body") {
+      val directory = Files.createTempDirectory("body-file-failure")
+      try
+        val subscriber = BodySubscribers.ofFile(directory.resolve("missing").resolve("body"))
+        val subscription = MockSubscription()
+        subscriber.onSubscribe(subscription)
+        val failure = assertThrows[ExecutionException] {
+          subscriber.getBody().toCompletableFuture().get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS): Unit
+        }
+        assert(failure.getCause().isInstanceOf[IOException])
+        assert(subscription.cancelled)
+        assert(subscription.received == 0)
+      finally Files.delete(directory)
+    }
+
+    test("file write failure cancels upstream and fails body without throwing") {
+      val fullDevice = Path.of("/dev/full")
+      if Files.exists(fullDevice) then
+        val subscriber = BodySubscribers.ofFile(fullDevice)
+        val subscription = MockSubscription()
+        subscriber.onSubscribe(subscription)
+        subscriber.onNext(JList.of(ByteBuffer.wrap(Array[Byte](1, 2, 3))))
+        val failure = assertThrows[ExecutionException] {
+          subscriber.getBody().toCompletableFuture().get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS): Unit
+        }
+        assert(failure.getCause().isInstanceOf[IOException])
+        assert(subscription.cancelled)
+    }