diff --git a/lib/final_destination.rb b/lib/final_destination.rb
index 9bc5d4040ee..9ec7c6876d1 100644
--- a/lib/final_destination.rb
+++ b/lib/final_destination.rb
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ class FinalDestination
     return if @stop_at_blocked_pages && blocked_domain?(@uri)
 
     result, headers_subset = safe_get(@uri, &blk)
+    return nil if !result
+
     cookie = headers_subset.set_cookie
     location = headers_subset.location
 
diff --git a/lib/retrieve_title.rb b/lib/retrieve_title.rb
index c91ea639a65..7a9a37294ff 100644
--- a/lib/retrieve_title.rb
+++ b/lib/retrieve_title.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ module RetrieveTitle
 
     fd.get do |_response, chunk, uri|
       unless Net::HTTPRedirection === _response
+        throw :done if uri.blank?
+
         if current
           current << chunk
         else
diff --git a/spec/lib/retrieve_title_spec.rb b/spec/lib/retrieve_title_spec.rb
index 1b554123083..91852ca6c90 100644
--- a/spec/lib/retrieve_title_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/retrieve_title_spec.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ describe RetrieveTitle do
 
       expect(RetrieveTitle.crawl("https://cat.com/meow/no-onebox")).to be_blank
     end
+
+    it "doesn't return a title if response is unsuccessful" do
+      stub_request(:get, "https://example.com").to_return(status: 404, body: "")
+
+      expect(RetrieveTitle.crawl("https://example.com")).to eq(nil)
+    end
   end
 
   context 'fetch_title' do