diff --git a/packages/apollo-cache-inmemory/src/readFromStore.ts b/packages/apollo-cache-inmemory/src/readFromStore.ts
index 5d92e094063..9c6c64989d2 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-cache-inmemory/src/readFromStore.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-cache-inmemory/src/readFromStore.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class StoreReader {
     query,
     variables,
     previousResult,
-    returnPartialData = true,
+    returnPartialData = false,
     rootId = 'ROOT_QUERY',
     fragmentMatcherFunction,
     config,