diff --git a/readthedocs/oauth/services/base.py b/readthedocs/oauth/services/base.py
index 67896e5b19c..f445f03ac6c 100644
--- a/readthedocs/oauth/services/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/oauth/services/base.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def paginate(self, url):
             except ValueError:
                 debug_data = resp.content
             log.debug('paginate failed at %s with response: %s', url, debug_data)
-        finally:
+        else:
             return []
 
     def sync(self):