diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
index 07a12f535a..15c77d0316 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ impl Timeline {
                         },
                         &image_ctx,
                     )
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)?;
+                    .await?;
 
                 self.upload_new_image_layers(image_layers)?;
                 partitioning.parts.len()