diff --git a/lib/adapters/xhr.js b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
index f5c397c..2ae64e5 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/xhr.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ module.exports = function xhrAdapter(config) {
       try {
         request.responseType = config.responseType;
       } catch (e) {
-        if (request.responseType !== 'json') {
+        // Expectes DOMException thrown by browsers not compatible XMLHttpRequest Level 2.
+        // But, this can be suppressed for 'json' type as it can be parsed by default 'transformResponse' function.
+        if (config.responseType !== 'json') {
           throw e;
         }
       }