diff --git a/cli/registry/client/fetcher.go b/cli/registry/client/fetcher.go
index 04f75ef34d56..acae274a4431 100644
--- a/cli/registry/client/fetcher.go
+++ b/cli/registry/client/fetcher.go
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ func pullManifestList(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, repo distributio
 		case *ocischema.DeserializedManifest:
 			imageManifest, err = pullManifestOCISchema(ctx, manifestRef, repo, *v)
 		default:
-			return nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported manifest type: %T", manifest)
+			err = errors.Errorf("unsupported manifest type: %T", manifest)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		// Replace platform from config