diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-caching-transport.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-caching-transport.js
index 356a85ffbb..3ca0fe0faf 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-caching-transport.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-caching-transport.js
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ export function generatePdfCachingTransportFactory(PDFJS) {
             OError.getFullInfo(err).url === this.url
           ) {
             // Do not consider a 404 on the main pdf url as pdf caching failure.
-            // Still, bail out during the initial launch phase.
-            metrics.failedOnce = true
             throw new PDFJS.MissingPDFException()
           }
           metrics.failedCount++