diff --git a/pkg/trigger/discovery_handler.go b/pkg/trigger/discovery_handler.go
index 1a102fae5..0a553dfee 100644
--- a/pkg/trigger/discovery_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/trigger/discovery_handler.go
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ func (mt *MigrationTrigger) processDiscovery(ctx context.Context) {
 		return true, nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("Abort processing discovery document: %v", err))
-		return
+		if resources == nil {
+			utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("Abort processing discovery document: %v", err))
+			return
+		}
+		klog.V(4).Infof("got partial error retrieving discovery document: %v; processing partial result", err)
 	}
 	mt.heartbeat = metav1.Now()
 	for _, l := range resources {