diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-773e2a6.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-773e2a6.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a9915c0a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-773e2a6.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "category": "AWS SDK for Java v2",
+    "contributor": "",
+    "description": "Fixed an issue where `AsyncRequestBody.split()` did not propagate upstream errors to the in-progress chunk subscriber"
+}
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/NonRetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/NonRetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java
index 221f9246a5e..11af0474492 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/NonRetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java
+++ b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/NonRetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public int partNumber() {
         return partNumber;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void error(Throwable error) {
         delegate.error(error);
     }
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/RetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/RetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java
index 15f8b019910..3951c4ca6d7 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/RetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java
+++ b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/RetryableSubAsyncRequestBody.java
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ public long maxLength() {
         return configuration.maxLength();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void error(Throwable error) {
+        delegate.error(error);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public long receivedBytesLength() {
         return bufferedLength;
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisher.java b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisher.java
index d4b58b0285e..82e749c14cc 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisher.java
+++ b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisher.java
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ public void onComplete() {
         @Override
         public void onError(Throwable t) {
             log.debug(() -> "Received onError()", t);
+            currentBody.error(t);
             downstreamPublisher.error(t);
         }
 
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SubAsyncRequestBody.java b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SubAsyncRequestBody.java
index 6d3ec1b979a..5f68b64a83c 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SubAsyncRequestBody.java
+++ b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SubAsyncRequestBody.java
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ public interface SubAsyncRequestBody extends CloseableAsyncRequestBody {
      */
     void complete();
 
+    /**
+     * Signal that the stream has terminated with an error. No more {@link #send(ByteBuffer)} calls will be made.
+     */
+    void error(Throwable error);
+
     /**
      * The maximum length of the content this AsyncRequestBody can hold. If the upstream content length is known, this should be
      * the same as receivedBytesLength
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisherTest.java b/core/sdk-core/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisherTest.java
index 87ac0b4726f..39326ac4167 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisherTest.java
+++ b/core/sdk-core/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/async/SplittingPublisherTest.java
@@ -229,6 +229,75 @@ void retryableSubAsyncRequestBodyEnabled_shouldBeAbleToResubscribe() throws Exec
         }
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+    void upstreamError_shouldPropagateToCurrentBodySubscriber(boolean enableRetryableSubAsyncRequestBody) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeException upstreamError = new RuntimeException("upstream failure");
+        AsyncRequestBody errorBody = new AsyncRequestBody() {
+            @Override
+            public Optional<Long> contentLength() {
+                return Optional.of(20L);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void subscribe(Subscriber<? super ByteBuffer> s) {
+                s.onSubscribe(new Subscription() {
+                    private int calls = 0;
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void request(long n) {
+                        if (calls++ == 0) {
+                            // Send partial data, then error
+                            s.onNext(ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[3]));
+                        } else {
+                            s.onError(upstreamError);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void cancel() {
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        };
+
+        SplittingPublisher splittingPublisher =
+            SplittingPublisher.builder()
+                              .asyncRequestBody(errorBody)
+                              .splitConfiguration(AsyncRequestBodySplitConfiguration.builder()
+                                                                                    .chunkSizeInBytes(10L)
+                                                                                    .bufferSizeInBytes(20L)
+                                                                                    .build())
+                              .retryableSubAsyncRequestBodyEnabled(enableRetryableSubAsyncRequestBody)
+                              .build();
+
+        CompletableFuture<Throwable> bodyError = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        splittingPublisher.subscribe(requestBody -> {
+            requestBody.subscribe(new Subscriber<ByteBuffer>() {
+                @Override
+                public void onSubscribe(Subscription s) {
+                    s.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onNext(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onError(Throwable t) {
+                    bodyError.complete(t);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onComplete() {
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        Throwable error = bodyError.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        assertThat(error).isEqualTo(upstreamError);
+    }
+
     private static void verifySplitContent(AsyncRequestBody asyncRequestBody, int chunkSize) throws Exception {
         SplittingPublisher splittingPublisher = SplittingPublisher.builder()
                 .asyncRequestBody(asyncRequestBody)