diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts
index 8bdf38631d..dada11ed30 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/fetch.ts
@@ -338,16 +338,18 @@ export class APIResponse implements api.APIResponse {
   }
 
   async body(): Promise<Buffer> {
-    try {
-      const result = await this._request._channel.fetchResponseBody({ fetchUid: this._fetchUid() });
-      if (result.binary === undefined)
-        throw new Error('Response has been disposed');
-      return result.binary;
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (isTargetClosedError(e))
-        throw new Error('Response has been disposed');
-      throw e;
-    }
+    return await this._request._wrapApiCall(async () => {
+      try {
+        const result = await this._request._channel.fetchResponseBody({ fetchUid: this._fetchUid() });
+        if (result.binary === undefined)
+          throw new Error('Response has been disposed');
+        return result.binary;
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (isTargetClosedError(e))
+          throw new Error('Response has been disposed');
+        throw e;
+      }
+    }, true);
   }
 
   async text(): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts
index d35e9de57a..1cb8950ccf 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-step.spec.ts
@@ -1520,9 +1520,7 @@ pw:api    |    browserContext.newPage
 test.step |custom step @ a.test.ts:4
 pw:api    |  page.route @ a.test.ts:5
 pw:api    |  page.goto(${server.EMPTY_PAGE}) @ a.test.ts:12
-pw:api    |  apiResponse.text @ a.test.ts:7
 expect    |  expect.toBe @ a.test.ts:8
-pw:api    |  apiResponse.text @ a.test.ts:9
 hook      |After Hooks
 fixture   |  fixture: page
 fixture   |  fixture: context