diff --git a/bob/learn/tensorflow/script/eval_generic.py b/bob/learn/tensorflow/script/eval_generic.py
index de7701663ac8b92d73cbe805b17005d2d13b1caa..ca8bf33a86355af135e063a95d085db2b39c95b4 100644
--- a/bob/learn/tensorflow/script/eval_generic.py
+++ b/bob/learn/tensorflow/script/eval_generic.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
             except Exception:
                 print('Failed to find global_step for checkpoint_path {}, '
                       'skipping ...'.format(checkpoint_path))
+                continue
             if global_step in evaluated_steps:
                 continue