diff --git a/src/jquery.i18n.messagestore.js b/src/jquery.i18n.messagestore.js
index ba81ce5..67a2885 100644
--- a/src/jquery.i18n.messagestore.js
+++ b/src/jquery.i18n.messagestore.js
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 			.done( deferred.resolve )
 			.fail( function ( jqxhr, settings, exception ) {
 				$.i18n.log( 'Error in loading messages from ' + url + ' Exception: ' + exception );
-				// Ignore 404 exception, because we are handling fallabacks explicitly
-				deferred.resolve();
+				// Ignore 404 exception, because we are handling fallbacks explicitly
+				if ( jqxhr.status === 404 ) {
+					deferred.resolve();
+				} else {
+					deferred.reject( exception );
+				}
 			} );
-
-		return deferred.promise();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * See https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.i18n/wiki/Specification#wiki-Message_File_Loading
 	 */