diff --git a/fetch.go b/fetch.go
index 0ffc292..7795531 100644
--- a/fetch.go
+++ b/fetch.go
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ func (c *Client[T]) GetOrFetch(ctx context.Context, key string, fetchFn FetchFn[
 //	T - The type stored in the cache.
 func GetOrFetch[V, T any](ctx context.Context, c *Client[T], key string, fetchFn FetchFn[V]) (V, error) {
 	res, err := getFetch[V, T](ctx, c, key, fetchFn)
+	if err != nil {
+		var zero V
+		return zero, err
+	}
 	return unwrap[V](res, err)
 }
 
@@ -227,5 +231,9 @@ func (c *Client[T]) GetOrFetchBatch(ctx context.Context, ids []string, keyFn Key
 
 func GetOrFetchBatch[V, T any](ctx context.Context, c *Client[T], ids []string, keyFn KeyFn, fetchFn BatchFetchFn[V]) (map[string]V, error) {
 	res, err := getFetchBatch[V, T](ctx, c, ids, keyFn, fetchFn)
+	if err != nil {
+		var zero map[string]V
+		return zero, err
+	}
 	return unwrapBatch[V](res, err)
 }