diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/7762-kaovilai b/changelogs/unreleased/7762-kaovilai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c515123dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/7762-kaovilai
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Surface errors when waiting for backupRepository and timeout occurs
diff --git a/pkg/repository/ensurer.go b/pkg/repository/ensurer.go
index 96feeb8fa4..071d2b4e25 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/ensurer.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/ensurer.go
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ func (r *Ensurer) waitBackupRepository(ctx context.Context, namespace string, ba
 		if err == nil {
 			repo = found
 			return true, nil
-		} else if isBackupRepositoryNotFoundError(err) || isBackupRepositoryNotProvisionedError(err) {
-			return false, nil
 		} else {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/repository/ensurer_test.go b/pkg/repository/ensurer_test.go
index a5128c9b44..d7f67094f4 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/ensurer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/ensurer_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestEnsureRepo(t *testing.T) {
 				bkRepoObjNotReady,
 			},
 			runtimeScheme: scheme,
-			err:           "failed to wait BackupRepository: context deadline exceeded",
+			err:           "failed to wait BackupRepository: backup repository not provisioned",
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "create fail",
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestEnsureRepo(t *testing.T) {
 			bsl:            "fake-bsl",
 			repositoryType: "fake-repo-type",
 			runtimeScheme:  scheme,
-			err:            "failed to wait BackupRepository: context deadline exceeded",
+			err:            "failed to wait BackupRepository: backup repository not provisioned",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestCreateBackupRepositoryAndWait(t *testing.T) {
 			bsl:            "fake-bsl",
 			repositoryType: "fake-repo-type",
 			runtimeScheme:  scheme,
-			err:            "failed to wait BackupRepository: context deadline exceeded",
+			err:            "failed to wait BackupRepository: backup repository not provisioned",
 		},
 	}