diff --git a/cmd/state/exec3/historical_trace_worker.go b/cmd/state/exec3/historical_trace_worker.go
index 92164cd09bc..b617f76984d 100644
--- a/cmd/state/exec3/historical_trace_worker.go
+++ b/cmd/state/exec3/historical_trace_worker.go
@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ func NewHistoricalTraceWorkers(consumer TraceConsumer, cfg *ExecArgs, ctx contex
 		cancel()
 		g.Wait()
 		rws.Close()
-		reducerGroup.Wait()
+		if err := reducerGroup.Wait(); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 		for _, w := range workers {
 			w.ResetTx(nil)
 		}
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ func processResultQueueHistorical(consumer TraceConsumer, rws *state.ResultsQueu
 	for rwsIt.HasNext(outputTxNum) {
 		txTask := rwsIt.PopNext()
 		if txTask.Error != nil {
-			return outputTxNum, false, err
+			return outputTxNum, false, txTask.Error
 		}
 
 		if txTask.TxIndex >= 0 && !txTask.Final {
diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_custom_trace.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_custom_trace.go
index fec16caddab..95c9d78d673 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_custom_trace.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_custom_trace.go
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ func customTraceBatch(ctx context.Context, cfg *exec3.ExecArgs, tx kv.TemporalRw
 	var m runtime.MemStats
 	if err := exec3.CustomTraceMapReduce(fromBlock, toBlock, exec3.TraceConsumer{
 		NewTracer: func() exec3.GenericTracer { return nil },
-		Reduce: func(txTask *state.TxTask, tx kv.Tx) (err error) {
+		Reduce: func(txTask *state.TxTask, tx kv.Tx) error {
 			if txTask.Error != nil {
-				return err
+				return txTask.Error
 			}
 
 			if txTask.Tx != nil {