diff --git a/retrieval/scrape.go b/retrieval/scrape.go
index 280f4aa64..727e3b49f 100644
--- a/retrieval/scrape.go
+++ b/retrieval/scrape.go
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ loop:
 			case storage.ErrNotFound:
 				ok = false
 			case errSeriesDropped:
+				err = nil
 				continue
 			case storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample:
 				sl.l.With("timeseries", string(met)).Debug("Out of order sample")