diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/frontend/web/js/customer-data.js b/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/frontend/web/js/customer-data.js
index 5b43b05279874..ab32a6d31ed90 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/frontend/web/js/customer-data.js
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/frontend/web/js/customer-data.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
- * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ * Copyright 2015 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ define([
             parameters['force_new_section_timestamp'] = forceNewSectionTimestamp;
 
             return $.getJSON(options.sectionLoadUrl, parameters).fail(function (jqXHR) {
-                throw new Error(jqXHR);
+                // don't throw error if the request is cancelled or blocked
+                if (jqXHR.status !== 0) {
+                    throw new Error(jqXHR);
+                }
             });
         }
     };