diff --git a/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go b/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go
index 3ce856d7dc..a92c5f14df 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_organization_ruleset.go
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ func resourceGithubOrganizationRulesetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta any) err
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		return err
 	}
 
 	_ = d.Set("etag", resp.Header.Get("ETag"))
diff --git a/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go b/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go
index ae31fcf1c4..38463e8f03 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_repository_ruleset.go
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ func resourceGithubRepositoryRulesetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta any) error
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		return err
 	}
 
 	if ruleset == nil {