diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 9a6bf05949..70674912ee 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -969,6 +969,15 @@ impl Timeline {
                     {
                         return Err(GetVectoredError::MissingKey(key))
                     }
+                    Err(Other(err))
+                        if err.chain().any(|cause| {
+                            cause
+                                .to_string()
+                                .contains("downloading evicted layer failed")
+                        }) =>
+                    {
+                        return Err(GetVectoredError::Other(err))
+                    }
                     Err(Other(err))
                         if err
                             .chain()