diff --git a/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl b/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
index 3f14d2f..52bf28e 100644
--- a/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
+++ b/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ from_index_key(LKey) ->
 %% Return all status from wterl statistics cursor
 fetch_status(Cursor) ->
     {ok, fetch_status(Cursor, wterl:cursor_next_value(Cursor), [])}.
+fetch_status(_Cursor, {error, _}, Acc) ->
+    lists:reverse(Acc);
 fetch_status(_Cursor, not_found, Acc) ->
     lists:reverse(Acc);
 fetch_status(Cursor, {ok, Stat}, Acc) ->