diff --git a/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm b/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm
index 2c67e78..7e74813 100644
--- a/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm
+++ b/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm
@@ -300,7 +300,10 @@ sub mirror {
     sysopen my $fh, $tempfile, Fcntl::O_CREAT()|Fcntl::O_EXCL()|Fcntl::O_WRONLY()
        or _croak(qq/Error: Could not create temporary file $tempfile for downloading: $!\n/);
     binmode $fh;
-    $args->{data_callback} = sub { print {$fh} $_[0] };
+    $args->{data_callback} = sub {
+        print {$fh} $_[0]
+        or _croak(qq/Error: Could not write into temporary file $tempfile: $!\n/);
+    };
     my $response = $self->request('GET', $url, $args);
     close $fh
         or _croak(qq/Error: Caught error closing temporary file $tempfile: $!\n/);