diff --git a/mono/metadata/class.c b/mono/metadata/class.c
index a6435c3fddcce5bbb4e64d7fa0f66817efb19b7e..915d1fd3de0ae366d25d5936418ccb291788f63c 100644
--- a/mono/metadata/class.c
+++ b/mono/metadata/class.c
@@ -3381,6 +3381,8 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable (MonoClass *class)
 
 	if (ok)
 		mono_class_setup_vtable_general (class, overrides, onum);
+	else
+		mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Could not load list of method overrides"));
 		
 	g_free (overrides);