diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
index afd1b548..79bb5f2b 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ load_and_fsck_one_object (OstreeRepo            *repo,
             }
           else
             {
+              *error = temp_error;
               g_prefix_error (error, "Loading file object %s: ", checksum);
               goto out;
             }