diff --git a/src/pb_stub.cc b/src/pb_stub.cc
index 0e288e68..2f5c556c 100644
--- a/src/pb_stub.cc
+++ b/src/pb_stub.cc
@@ -735,9 +735,9 @@ Stub::ProcessRequests(RequestBatch* request_batch_shm_ptr)
             "Failed to process the request(s) for model '" + name_ +
             "', message: ") +
         error_string;
-    LOG_INFO << err_message.c_str();
+    LOG_ERROR << err_message.c_str();
     response_batch_shm_ptr->has_error = true;
-    error_string_shm = PbString::Create(shm_pool_, error_string);
+    error_string_shm = PbString::Create(shm_pool_, err_message);
     response_batch_shm_ptr->error = error_string_shm->ShmHandle();
     response_batch_shm_ptr->is_error_set = true;
   }
diff --git a/src/response_sender.cc b/src/response_sender.cc
index 94e3f0c8..038279db 100644
--- a/src/response_sender.cc
+++ b/src/response_sender.cc
@@ -147,9 +147,26 @@ ResponseSender::Send(
   }
 
   if (has_gpu_output) {
+    ScopedDefer _([send_message_payload] {
+      bi::scoped_lock<bi::interprocess_mutex> guard{send_message_payload->mu};
+      send_message_payload->is_stub_turn = false;
+      send_message_payload->cv.notify_one();
+      while (!send_message_payload->is_stub_turn) {
+        // Wait for the stub process to send the response and populate error
+        // message if any.
+        send_message_payload->cv.wait(guard);
+      }
+    });
+
     AllocatedSharedMemory<GPUBuffersShm> gpu_buffers_handle =
         shm_pool_->Load<GPUBuffersShm>(
             send_message_payload->gpu_buffers_handle);
+    if (!gpu_buffers_handle.data_->success) {
+      std::unique_ptr<PbString> error = PbString::LoadFromSharedMemory(
+          shm_pool_, gpu_buffers_handle.data_->error);
+      throw PythonBackendException(
+          "Failed to load GPU buffers: " + error->String());
+    }
 
     AllocatedSharedMemory<bi::managed_external_buffer::handle_t>
         gpu_buffers_handle_shm =
@@ -157,12 +174,11 @@ ResponseSender::Send(
                 gpu_buffers_handle.data_->buffers);
     uint64_t gpu_buffer_count = gpu_buffers_handle.data_->buffer_count;
     if (gpu_tensors.size() != gpu_buffer_count) {
-      LOG_ERROR
-          << (std::string(
-                  "GPU buffers size does not match the provided buffers: ") +
-              std::to_string(gpu_tensors.size()) +
-              " != " + std::to_string(gpu_buffer_count));
-      return;
+      throw PythonBackendException(
+          std::string(
+              "GPU buffers size does not match the provided buffers: ") +
+          std::to_string(gpu_tensors.size()) +
+          " != " + std::to_string(gpu_buffer_count));
     }
 
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<PbMemory>> dst_buffers;
@@ -175,17 +191,6 @@ ResponseSender::Send(
       std::shared_ptr<PbTensor>& src_buffer = gpu_tensors[i];
       PbMemory::CopyBuffer(dst_buffers[i], src_buffer->Memory());
     }
-
-    {
-      bi::scoped_lock<bi::interprocess_mutex> guard{send_message_payload->mu};
-      send_message_payload->is_stub_turn = false;
-      send_message_payload->cv.notify_one();
-      while (!send_message_payload->is_stub_turn) {
-        // Wait for the stub process to send the response and populate error
-        // message if any.
-        send_message_payload->cv.wait(guard);
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   if (send_message_payload->has_error) {