diff --git a/cmd/era/main.go b/cmd/era/main.go
index 1c26f44ad4..43279e7001 100644
--- a/cmd/era/main.go
+++ b/cmd/era/main.go
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ func checkAccumulator(e era.Era) error {
 	// accumulation across the entire set and are verified at the end.
 	for it.Next() {
 		// 1) next() walks the block index, so we're able to implicitly verify it.
-		if it.Error() != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error reading block %d: %w", it.Number(), it.Error())
-		}
 		block, receipts, err := it.BlockAndReceipts()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error reading block %d: %w", it.Number(), err)
diff --git a/internal/era/onedb/iterator.go b/internal/era/onedb/iterator.go
index b80fbabbc5..21dc5acbe0 100644
--- a/internal/era/onedb/iterator.go
+++ b/internal/era/onedb/iterator.go
@@ -156,22 +156,22 @@ func (it *RawIterator) Next() bool {
 	var n int64
 	if it.Header, n, it.err = newSnappyReader(it.e.s, era.TypeCompressedHeader, off); it.err != nil {
 		it.clear()
-		return true
+		return false
 	}
 	off += n
 	if it.Body, n, it.err = newSnappyReader(it.e.s, era.TypeCompressedBody, off); it.err != nil {
 		it.clear()
-		return true
+		return false
 	}
 	off += n
 	if it.Receipts, n, it.err = newSnappyReader(it.e.s, era.TypeCompressedReceipts, off); it.err != nil {
 		it.clear()
-		return true
+		return false
 	}
 	off += n
 	if it.TotalDifficulty, _, it.err = it.e.s.ReaderAt(era.TypeTotalDifficulty, off); it.err != nil {
 		it.clear()
-		return true
+		return false
 	}
 	it.next += 1
 	return true