diff --git a/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go b/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go
index 014b28ef6..cc2fd4671 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ func resourceGithubOrganizationRulesetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		return err
 	}
 
 	d.Set("etag", resp.Header.Get("ETag"))
diff --git a/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go b/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go
index cac663024..3b3ca64d3 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ func resourceGithubRepositoryRulesetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		return err
 	}
 
 	d.Set("etag", resp.Header.Get("ETag"))