diff --git a/guix-data-service/jobs/load-new-guix-revision.scm b/guix-data-service/jobs/load-new-guix-revision.scm
index 3daae30..4eb3c81 100644
--- a/guix-data-service/jobs/load-new-guix-revision.scm
+++ b/guix-data-service/jobs/load-new-guix-revision.scm
@@ -123,17 +123,14 @@
 (define* (retry-on-missing-store-item thunk #:key on-exception)
   (with-exception-handler
       (lambda (exn)
-        (if (missing-store-item-error? exn)
-            (begin
-              (simple-format (current-error-port)
-                             "missing store item ~A, retrying ~A\n"
-                             (missing-store-item-error-item exn)
-                             thunk)
-              (when on-exception (on-exception))
-              (retry-on-missing-store-item
-               thunk
-               #:on-exception on-exception))
-            (raise-exception exn)))
+        (simple-format (current-error-port)
+                       "missing store item ~A, retrying ~A\n"
+                       (missing-store-item-error-item exn)
+                       thunk)
+        (when on-exception (on-exception))
+        (retry-on-missing-store-item
+         thunk
+         #:on-exception on-exception))
     thunk
     #:unwind? #t
     #:unwind-for-type &missing-store-item-error))