diff --git a/controllers/apps/operations/reconfigure_util.go b/controllers/apps/operations/reconfigure_util.go
index c50cb069619..6647b70714f 100644
--- a/controllers/apps/operations/reconfigure_util.go
+++ b/controllers/apps/operations/reconfigure_util.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func processMergedFailed(resource *OpsResource, isInvalid bool, err error) error
 	// if failed to validate configure, set opsRequest to failed and return
 	failedCondition := appsv1alpha1.NewReconfigureFailedCondition(resource.OpsRequest, err)
 	resource.OpsRequest.SetStatusCondition(*failedCondition)
-	return nil
+	return &FastFaileError{message: err.Error()}
 }
 
 func formatConfigPatchToMessage(configPatch *core.ConfigPatchInfo, execStatus *core.PolicyExecStatus) string {