diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/shard_dao_test.go b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/shard_dao_test.go
index 3e4f71efcae..8cf67f10ee6 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/shard_dao_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/shard_dao_test.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func TestSaveReadAndDeleteShard(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// ReadAllShardNames
 			allShardNames, err := ReadAllShardNames()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			ksShards, found := allShardNames[tt.keyspaceName]
 			require.True(t, found)
 			require.Equal(t, []string{tt.shardName}, ksShards)