diff --git a/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go b/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
index 92ba39e77..bdb3ff708 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/filerestorer.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/crypto"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
@@ -23,20 +25,16 @@ import (
 const (
 	workerCount = 8
 
-	// fileInfo flags
-	fileProgress = 1
-	fileError    = 2
-
 	largeFileBlobCount = 25
 )
 
 // information about regular file being restored
 type fileInfo struct {
-	lock     sync.Mutex
-	flags    int
-	size     int64
-	location string      // file on local filesystem relative to restorer basedir
-	blobs    interface{} // blobs of the file
+	lock       sync.Mutex
+	inProgress bool
+	size       int64
+	location   string      // file on local filesystem relative to restorer basedir
+	blobs      interface{} // blobs of the file
 }
 
 type fileBlobInfo struct {
@@ -60,6 +58,7 @@ type fileRestorer struct {
 
 	dst   string
 	files []*fileInfo
+	Error func(string, error) error
 }
 
 func newFileRestorer(dst string,
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ func newFileRestorer(dst string,
 		packLoader:  packLoader,
 		filesWriter: newFilesWriter(workerCount),
 		dst:         dst,
+		Error:       restorerAbortOnAllErrors,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -142,47 +142,42 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	downloadCh := make(chan *packInfo)
-	worker := func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return // context cancelled
-			case pack, ok := <-downloadCh:
-				if !ok {
-					return // channel closed
-				}
-				r.downloadPack(ctx, pack)
+
+	worker := func() error {
+		for pack := range downloadCh {
+			if err := r.downloadPack(ctx, pack); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 		}
+		return nil
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < workerCount; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go worker()
+		wg.Go(worker)
 	}
 
 	// the main restore loop
-	for _, id := range packOrder {
-		pack := packs[id]
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		case downloadCh <- pack:
-			debug.Log("Scheduled download pack %s", pack.id.Str())
+	wg.Go(func() error {
+		for _, id := range packOrder {
+			pack := packs[id]
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return ctx.Err()
+			case downloadCh <- pack:
+				debug.Log("Scheduled download pack %s", pack.id.Str())
+			}
 		}
-	}
+		close(downloadCh)
+		return nil
+	})
 
-	close(downloadCh)
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	return nil
+	return wg.Wait()
 }
 
 const maxBufferSize = 4 * 1024 * 1024
 
-func (r *fileRestorer) downloadPack(ctx context.Context, pack *packInfo) {
+func (r *fileRestorer) downloadPack(ctx context.Context, pack *packInfo) error {
 
 	// calculate pack byte range and blob->[]files->[]offsets mappings
 	start, end := int64(math.MaxInt64), int64(0)
@@ -237,12 +232,11 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) downloadPack(ctx context.Context, pack *packInfo) {
 		return blobs[sortedBlobs[i]].offset < blobs[sortedBlobs[j]].offset
 	})
 
-	markFileError := func(file *fileInfo, err error) {
-		file.lock.Lock()
-		defer file.lock.Unlock()
-		if file.flags&fileError == 0 {
-			file.flags |= fileError
+	sanitizeError := func(file *fileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			err = r.Error(file.location, err)
 		}
+		return err
 	}
 
 	h := restic.Handle{Type: restic.PackFile, Name: pack.id.String()}
@@ -263,7 +257,9 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) downloadPack(ctx context.Context, pack *packInfo) {
 			blobData, buf, err = r.loadBlob(bufRd, blobID, blob.length, buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				for file := range blob.files {
-					markFileError(file, err)
+					if errFile := sanitizeError(file, err); errFile != nil {
+						return errFile
+					}
 				}
 				continue
 			}
@@ -277,37 +273,36 @@ func (r *fileRestorer) downloadPack(ctx context.Context, pack *packInfo) {
 						// - should allow concurrent writes to the file
 						// so write the first blob while holding file lock
 						// write other blobs after releasing the lock
-						file.lock.Lock()
-						create := file.flags&fileProgress == 0
 						createSize := int64(-1)
-						if create {
-							defer file.lock.Unlock()
-							file.flags |= fileProgress
-							createSize = file.size
-						} else {
+						file.lock.Lock()
+						if file.inProgress {
 							file.lock.Unlock()
+						} else {
+							defer file.lock.Unlock()
+							file.inProgress = true
+							createSize = file.size
 						}
 						return r.filesWriter.writeToFile(r.targetPath(file.location), blobData, offset, createSize)
 					}
-					err := writeToFile()
+					err := sanitizeError(file, writeToFile())
 					if err != nil {
-						markFileError(file, err)
-						break
+						return err
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
 		return nil
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
 		for file := range pack.files {
-			markFileError(file, err)
+			if errFile := sanitizeError(file, err); errFile != nil {
+				return errFile
+			}
 		}
-		return
 	}
 
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (r *fileRestorer) loadBlob(rd io.Reader, blobID restic.ID, length int, buf []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/filerestorer_test.go b/internal/restorer/filerestorer_test.go
index 6ccbc2b37..ac8e371da 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/filerestorer_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/filerestorer_test.go
@@ -262,5 +262,5 @@ func TestErrorRestoreFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	r.files = repo.files
 
 	err := r.restoreFiles(context.TODO())
-	rtest.Assert(t, err != nil, "restoreFiles should have reported an error!")
+	rtest.Equals(t, loadError, err)
 }
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer.go b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
index 292241498..75ed99f86 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ func (res *Restorer) RestoreTo(ctx context.Context, dst string) error {
 	idx := restic.NewHardlinkIndex()
 
 	filerestorer := newFileRestorer(dst, res.repo.Backend().Load, res.repo.Key(), res.repo.Index().Lookup)
+	filerestorer.Error = res.Error
 
 	debug.Log("first pass for %q", dst)