diff --git a/src/internal/data/item.go b/src/internal/data/item.go
index 81d4befe5..2403e63aa 100644
--- a/src/internal/data/item.go
+++ b/src/internal/data/item.go
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/logger"
 )
 
+var (
+	_ Item        = &prefetchedItem{}
+	_ ItemInfo    = &prefetchedItem{}
+	_ ItemModTime = &prefetchedItem{}
+	_ Item        = &lazyItem{}
+	_ ItemInfo    = &lazyItem{}
+	_ ItemModTime = &lazyItem{}
+)
+
 func NewDeletedItem(itemID string) Item {
 	return &prefetchedItem{
 		id:      itemID,
@@ -74,7 +83,10 @@ func (i prefetchedItem) ModTime() time.Time {
 }
 
 type ItemDataGetter interface {
-	GetData(context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, *details.ItemInfo, bool, error)
+	GetData(
+		context.Context,
+		*fault.Bus,
+	) (io.ReadCloser, *details.ItemInfo, bool, error)
 }
 
 func NewLazyItem(
@@ -121,12 +133,9 @@ func (i lazyItem) ID() string {
 
 func (i *lazyItem) ToReader() io.ReadCloser {
 	return lazy.NewLazyReadCloser(func() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-		reader, info, delInFlight, err := i.itemGetter.GetData(i.ctx)
+		reader, info, delInFlight, err := i.itemGetter.GetData(i.ctx, i.errs)
 		if err != nil {
-			err = clues.Stack(err)
-			i.errs.AddRecoverable(i.ctx, err)
-
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, clues.Stack(err)
 		}
 
 		// If an item was deleted then return an empty file so we don't fail the
diff --git a/src/internal/data/item_test.go b/src/internal/data/item_test.go
index c1b91e3df..864e70890 100644
--- a/src/internal/data/item_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/data/item_test.go
@@ -146,9 +146,15 @@ func (mid *mockItemDataGetter) check(t *testing.T, expectCalled bool) {
 }
 
 func (mid *mockItemDataGetter) GetData(
-	context.Context,
+	ctx context.Context,
+	errs *fault.Bus,
 ) (io.ReadCloser, *details.ItemInfo, bool, error) {
 	mid.getCalled = true
+
+	if mid.err != nil {
+		errs.AddRecoverable(ctx, mid.err)
+	}
+
 	return mid.reader, mid.info, mid.delInFlight, mid.err
 }
 
diff --git a/src/internal/m365/collection/exchange/collection.go b/src/internal/m365/collection/exchange/collection.go
index 14d3cf301..30f28672d 100644
--- a/src/internal/m365/collection/exchange/collection.go
+++ b/src/internal/m365/collection/exchange/collection.go
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ type lazyItemGetter struct {
 
 func (lig *lazyItemGetter) GetData(
 	ctx context.Context,
+	errs *fault.Bus,
 ) (io.ReadCloser, *details.ItemInfo, bool, error) {
 	itemData, info, err := getItemAndInfo(
 		ctx,
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ func (lig *lazyItemGetter) GetData(
 		}
 
 		err = clues.Stack(err)
+		errs.AddRecoverable(ctx, err)
 
 		return nil, nil, false, err
 	}