diff --git a/cmd/geth/retesteth.go b/cmd/geth/retesteth.go
index 0615f446fc..8453f753fb 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/retesteth.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/retesteth.go
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ func (api *RetestethAPI) mineBlock() error {
 		}
 	}
 	block, err := api.engine.FinalizeAndAssemble(api.blockchain, header, statedb, txs, []*types.Header{}, receipts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return api.importBlock(block)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go
index 2fe354a064..61804f1f2b 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ func (t *freezerTable) repair() error {
 			if newLastIndex.filenum != lastIndex.filenum {
 				// Release earlier opened file
 				t.releaseFile(lastIndex.filenum)
-				t.head, err = t.openFile(newLastIndex.filenum, openFreezerFileForAppend)
+				if t.head, err = t.openFile(newLastIndex.filenum, openFreezerFileForAppend); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 				if stat, err = t.head.Stat(); err != nil {
 					// TODO, anything more we can do here?
 					// A data file has gone missing...
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go
index 253c00f5a5..4d43753806 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ func TestFreezerBasicsClosing(t *testing.T) {
 		f.Append(uint64(x), data)
 		f.Close()
 		f, err = newCustomTable(os.TempDir(), fname, rm, wm, sc, 50, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
@@ -170,6 +173,9 @@ func TestFreezerRepairDanglingHead(t *testing.T) {
 	// Now open it again
 	{
 		f, err := newCustomTable(os.TempDir(), fname, rm, wm, sc, 50, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		// The last item should be missing
 		if _, err = f.Retrieve(0xff); err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error for missing index entry")
@@ -217,6 +223,9 @@ func TestFreezerRepairDanglingHeadLarge(t *testing.T) {
 	// Now open it again
 	{
 		f, err := newCustomTable(os.TempDir(), fname, rm, wm, sc, 50, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		// The first item should be there
 		if _, err = f.Retrieve(0); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -269,6 +278,9 @@ func TestSnappyDetection(t *testing.T) {
 	// Open without snappy
 	{
 		f, err := newCustomTable(os.TempDir(), fname, rm, wm, sc, 50, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		if _, err = f.Retrieve(0); err == nil {
 			f.Close()
 			t.Fatalf("expected empty table")
@@ -278,6 +290,9 @@ func TestSnappyDetection(t *testing.T) {
 	// Open with snappy
 	{
 		f, err := newCustomTable(os.TempDir(), fname, rm, wm, sc, 50, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		// There should be 255 items
 		if _, err = f.Retrieve(0xfe); err != nil {
 			f.Close()