diff --git a/agent/app/service/image_load_response.go b/agent/app/service/image_load_response.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8b2bba54
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+++ b/agent/app/service/image_load_response.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/jsonmessage"
+)
+
+// Docker may report load failures in a successful HTTP response's JSON stream.
+func consumeImageLoadResponse(reader io.Reader, log func(string)) error {
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(reader)
+	for {
+		var message jsonmessage.JSONMessage
+		if err := decoder.Decode(&message); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		if message.Error != nil && message.Error.Message != "" {
+			return message.Error
+		}
+		if message.ErrorMessage != "" {
+			return errors.New(message.ErrorMessage)
+		}
+		if text := strings.TrimSpace(message.Stream); text != "" {
+			log(text)
+		}
+	}
+}