diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service.go
index 62ed4639d..22cfa9e72 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service.go
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ func (br *backupService) GetAllBackups(bucket string) ([]*api.Backup, error) {
 	for _, backupDir := range prefixes {
 		backup, err := br.GetBackup(bucket, backupDir)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			glog.Errorf("Error reading backup directory %s: %v", backupDir, err)
+			continue
 		}
 
 		output = append(output, backup)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service_test.go
index c430af4ff..22f68e358 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/backup_service_test.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestGetAllBackups(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "decode error returns nil/error",
+			name:   "backup that can't be decoded is ignored",
 			bucket: "test-bucket",
 			storage: map[string]map[string][]byte{
 				"test-bucket": map[string][]byte{
@@ -279,7 +279,12 @@ func TestGetAllBackups(t *testing.T) {
 					"backup-2/ark-backup.json": []byte("this is not valid backup JSON"),
 				},
 			},
-			expectedErr: true,
+			expectedRes: []*api.Backup{
+				&api.Backup{
+					TypeMeta:   metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Backup", APIVersion: "ark.heptio.com/v1"},
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "backup-1"},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}