diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/index.js b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
index 9d894fd288354df8f458e9051f5a0f719f2eb7c7..7f7e3fd0d5aa83a2994bb342e597d4d2c1495417 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ async function ensurePr(prConfig) {
     // istanbul ignore if
     if (
       err.message === 'rate-limit-exceeded' ||
-      err.message === 'platform-failure'
+      err.message === 'platform-failure' ||
+      err.message === 'integration-unauthorized'
     ) {
       logger.debug('Passing error up');
       throw err;