diff --git a/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileHandler.coffee b/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileHandler.coffee
index 8803f55e22..e49c172c92 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileHandler.coffee
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ module.exports =
 
 	_writeS3FileToDisk: (bucket, key, opts, callback)->
 		PersistorManager.getFileStream bucket, key, opts, (err, fileStream)->
+			if err?
+				return callback(err)
 			LocalFileWriter.writeStream fileStream, key, callback