diff --git a/rules/manager.go b/rules/manager.go
index 84eb0697e..212c9f9e5 100644
--- a/rules/manager.go
+++ b/rules/manager.go
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ func (g *Group) run() {
 	defer close(g.terminated)
 
 	// Wait an initial amount to have consistently slotted intervals.
-	time.Sleep(g.offset())
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(g.offset()):
+	case <-g.done:
+		return
+	}
 
 	iter := func() {
 		start := time.Now()
diff --git a/rules/recording.go b/rules/recording.go
index 070b43820..698a08323 100644
--- a/rules/recording.go
+++ b/rules/recording.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func (rule RecordingRule) eval(timestamp model.Time, engine *promql.Engine) (mod
 		result = query.Exec()
 		vector model.Vector
 	)
+	if result.Err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	switch result.Value.(type) {
 	case model.Vector:
 		vector, err = result.Vector()