diff --git a/database/pgsql/feature.go b/database/pgsql/feature.go
index 345b73a3b0..047ffa4def 100644
--- a/database/pgsql/feature.go
+++ b/database/pgsql/feature.go
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ func (tx *pgSession) CacheAffectedNamespacedFeatures(features []database.Namespa
 	}
 
 	cache, err := tx.searchAffectingVulnerabilities(features)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	keys := make([]interface{}, len(cache)*3)
 	for i, c := range cache {