diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_bucket_get_list_delete.go b/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_bucket_get_list_delete.go
index 2a1131307..18d2eb716 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_bucket_get_list_delete.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_bucket_get_list_delete.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ func (h *S3TablesHandler) handleGetTableBucket(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		policyData, err := h.getExtendedAttribute(r.Context(), client, bucketPath, ExtendedKeyPolicy)
 		if err == nil {
 			bucketPolicy = string(policyData)
+		} else if !errors.Is(err, ErrAttributeNotFound) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch bucket policy: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_namespace.go b/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_namespace.go
index 5e0e33787..de7dca2f7 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_namespace.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3tables/handler_namespace.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ func (h *S3TablesHandler) handleCreateNamespace(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 		policyData, err := h.getExtendedAttribute(r.Context(), client, bucketPath, ExtendedKeyPolicy)
 		if err == nil {
 			bucketPolicy = string(policyData)
+		} else if !errors.Is(err, ErrAttributeNotFound) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch bucket policy: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ func (h *S3TablesHandler) handleGetNamespace(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		policyData, err := h.getExtendedAttribute(r.Context(), client, bucketPath, ExtendedKeyPolicy)
 		if err == nil {
 			bucketPolicy = string(policyData)
+		} else if !errors.Is(err, ErrAttributeNotFound) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch bucket policy: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -255,6 +259,8 @@ func (h *S3TablesHandler) handleListNamespaces(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		policyData, err := h.getExtendedAttribute(r.Context(), client, bucketPath, ExtendedKeyPolicy)
 		if err == nil {
 			bucketPolicy = string(policyData)
+		} else if !errors.Is(err, ErrAttributeNotFound) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch bucket policy: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -425,6 +431,8 @@ func (h *S3TablesHandler) handleDeleteNamespace(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 		policyData, err := h.getExtendedAttribute(r.Context(), client, bucketPath, ExtendedKeyPolicy)
 		if err == nil {
 			bucketPolicy = string(policyData)
+		} else if !errors.Is(err, ErrAttributeNotFound) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch bucket policy: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil