diff --git a/changelog.d/remote-fetcher-error.skip b/changelog.d/remote-fetcher-error.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex
index d526a99cb..c26418483 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.RemoteFetcherWorker do
       {:error, :allowed_depth} ->
         {:discard, :allowed_depth}
 
-      _ ->
-        :error
+      {:error, _} = e ->
+        e
+
+      e ->
+        {:error, e}
     end
   end