diff --git a/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Apis.GraphQL/GraphQLMiddleware.cs b/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Apis.GraphQL/GraphQLMiddleware.cs
index c988122c5fe..4085e4160f9 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Apis.GraphQL/GraphQLMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Apis.GraphQL/GraphQLMiddleware.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ private async Task ExecuteAsync(HttpContext context)
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 await _serializer.WriteErrorAsync(context, "An error occurred while processing the GraphQL query", e);
-                return;
+                throw;
             }
 
             var queryToExecute = request.Query;