diff --git a/mysql/mysql.go b/mysql/mysql.go
index 4b84c7249401190c8f120d8b57fa7034580d23ab..8fc16c1751cfcb32baebade0bd8dda162c91ccf5 100644
--- a/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -742,10 +742,13 @@ func (my *MysqlDataSource) Collection(name string) db.Collection {
 
 	// Fetching table datatypes and mapping to internal gotypes.
 
-	rows, _ := t.parent.myExec(
+	rows, err := t.parent.myExec(
 		"Query",
 		"SHOW COLUMNS FROM", t.name,
 	)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 
 	columns := t.myFetchAll(rows)