diff --git a/service/frontend/workflow_handler_test.go b/service/frontend/workflow_handler_test.go
index f9370958b28..c686d35343f 100644
--- a/service/frontend/workflow_handler_test.go
+++ b/service/frontend/workflow_handler_test.go
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ func (s *workflowHandlerSuite) TestStartWorkflowExecution_EnsureNonNilRetryPolic
 		RetryPolicy:              &commonpb.RetryPolicy{},
 		RequestId:                uuid.New(),
 	}
-	wh.StartWorkflowExecution(context.Background(), startWorkflowExecutionRequest)
+	_, err := wh.StartWorkflowExecution(context.Background(), startWorkflowExecutionRequest)
+	s.Error(err)
 	s.Equal(&commonpb.RetryPolicy{
 		BackoffCoefficient: 2.0,
 		InitialInterval:    timestamp.DurationPtr(time.Second),
@@ -615,7 +616,8 @@ func (s *workflowHandlerSuite) TestStartWorkflowExecution_EnsureNilRetryPolicyNo
 		WorkflowRunTimeout:       timestamp.DurationPtr(time.Duration(-1) * time.Second),
 		RequestId:                uuid.New(),
 	}
-	wh.StartWorkflowExecution(context.Background(), startWorkflowExecutionRequest)
+	_, err := wh.StartWorkflowExecution(context.Background(), startWorkflowExecutionRequest)
+	s.Error(err)
 	s.Nil(startWorkflowExecutionRequest.RetryPolicy)
 }