diff --git a/packages/react-urql/src/hooks/state.ts b/packages/react-urql/src/hooks/state.ts
index d8ebad2d08..8cb952eec0 100644
--- a/packages/react-urql/src/hooks/state.ts
+++ b/packages/react-urql/src/hooks/state.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const computeNextState = <T extends Stateish>(
   const newState = {
     ...prevState,
     ...result,
-    data: result.data !== undefined ? result.data : prevState.data,
+    data: result.data !== undefined || result.error ? result.data : prevState.data,
     fetching: !!result.fetching,
     stale: !!result.stale,
   };