diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserService.java b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserService.java
index 8d9cf1d92c6..513d72b16bd 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserService.java
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserService.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public Mono<OAuth2User> loadUser(OAuth2UserRequest userRequest) throws OAuth2Aut
 					authenticationMethod);
 			// @formatter:off
 			Mono<Map<String, Object>> userAttributes = requestHeadersSpec.retrieve()
-					.onStatus((s) -> s != HttpStatus.OK, (response) ->
+					.onStatus(HttpStatus::isError, (response) ->
 						parse(response)
 							.map((userInfoErrorResponse) -> {
 								String description = userInfoErrorResponse.getErrorObject().getDescription();
diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserServiceTests.java b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserServiceTests.java
index e905c1a9e90..ee3dde2cccc 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserServiceTests.java
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/userinfo/DefaultReactiveOAuth2UserServiceTests.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -144,6 +145,24 @@ public void loadUserWhenUserInfoSuccessResponseThenReturnUser() {
 		assertThat(userAuthority.getAttributes()).isEqualTo(user.getAttributes());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void loadUserWhenUserInfo201CreatedResponseThenReturnUser() {
+		// @formatter:off
+		String userInfoResponse = "{\n"
+				+ "   \"id\": \"user1\",\n"
+				+ "   \"first-name\": \"first\",\n"
+				+ "   \"last-name\": \"last\",\n"
+				+ "   \"middle-name\": \"middle\",\n"
+				+ "   \"address\": \"address\",\n"
+				+ "   \"email\": \"user1@example.com\"\n"
+				+ "}\n";
+		// @formatter:on
+		this.server.enqueue(
+				new MockResponse().setResponseCode(201).setHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE).setBody(userInfoResponse));
+		assertThatNoException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> this.userService.loadUser(oauth2UserRequest()).block());
+	}
+
 	// gh-5500
 	@Test
 	public void loadUserWhenAuthenticationMethodHeaderSuccessResponseThenHttpMethodGet() throws Exception {