diff --git a/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go b/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go
index 05b170b1c37..5ef29c325c2 100644
--- a/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func run(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 
 		migration := newMigration(log.Logger, migrations, flagNWorker)
 
-		payloads, err := migration(payloads)
+		payloads, err = migration(payloads)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msgf("error migrating payloads: %s", err.Error())
 		}