diff --git a/cmd/autoowners/main.go b/cmd/autoowners/main.go
index 025a3f0638e..3464eb0d172 100644
--- a/cmd/autoowners/main.go
+++ b/cmd/autoowners/main.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func getOwnersHTTP(fg FileGetter, orgRepo orgRepo, filenames ownersconfig.Filena
 			if _, nf := err.(*github.FileNotFound); nf {
 				logrus.WithField("orgRepo", orgRepo.repoString()).WithField("filename", filename).
 					Debug("Not found file in the upstream repo")
-				continue
+				break
 			}
 			return httpResult, err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/autoowners/main_test.go b/cmd/autoowners/main_test.go
index dc9704d5045..5c5e8ec82ff 100644
--- a/cmd/autoowners/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/autoowners/main_test.go
@@ -367,10 +367,8 @@ aliases:
 				Organization: "org4",
 				Repository:   "repo4",
 			},
-			expectedHTTPResult: httpResult{
-				repoAliases: ra,
-			},
-			expectedError: nil,
+			expectedHTTPResult: httpResult{},
+			expectedError:      nil,
 		},
 		{
 			description: "owner is with normal error",