diff --git a/kernel_tuner/runners/simulation.py b/kernel_tuner/runners/simulation.py
index 22c7c667c..4668e8ef6 100644
--- a/kernel_tuner/runners/simulation.py
+++ b/kernel_tuner/runners/simulation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from kernel_tuner import util
 from kernel_tuner.runners.runner import Runner
 
+
 _SimulationDevice = namedtuple("_SimulationDevice", ["max_threads", "env", "quiet"])
 
 
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ def run(self, parameter_space, tuning_options):
             if tuning_options.cache and x_int in tuning_options.cache:
                 result = tuning_options.cache[x_int].copy()
 
+                # only compute metrics on configs that have not errored
+                if tuning_options.metrics and not isinstance(result.get(tuning_options.objective), util.ErrorConfig):
+                    result = util.process_metrics(result, tuning_options.metrics)
+
+
                 # Simulate behavior of sequential runner that when a configuration is
                 # served from the cache by the sequential runner, the compile_time,
                 # verification_time, and benchmark_time are set to 0.