diff --git a/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go b/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go
index 4128a1c87..f51d6dc80 100644
--- a/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go
+++ b/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ func (r *DockerRuntime) doSetupSSHdContainer(ctx context.Context, containerName
 	// Wait, there was probably an issue creating the container, if we weren't able to inspect the container
 	// if so, let's return an error
 	if tmpErr != nil {
-		return tmpErr
+		return multierror.Append(tmpErr, err)
 	}
 
 	// otherwise we _know_ there is an error