diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/index.js b/lib/workers/repository/index.js
index 54d0bab164e125717814814551071a5b90a0c044..e03695303b7d8aeb96772443848125c6ec2cb5f4 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/index.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ async function renovateRepository(repoConfig, token) {
     await validatePrs(commonConfig || config);
     return res;
   } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
-    return handleError(config, err);
+    const res = await handleError(config, err);
+    return res;
   } finally {
     logger.setMeta({ repository: config.repository });
     config.branchPrefix = commonConfig