diff --git a/src/ol/source/VectorTile.js b/src/ol/source/VectorTile.js
index 497051b41e..0cebf7a11d 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/VectorTile.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/VectorTile.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {createXYZ, extentFromProjection, createForProjection} from '../tilegrid.
 import {buffer as bufferExtent, getIntersection, intersects} from '../extent.js';
 import EventType from '../events/EventType.js';
 import {loadFeaturesXhr} from '../featureloader.js';
-import {isEmpty} from '../obj.js';
 import {equals} from '../array.js';
 
 /**
@@ -252,10 +251,11 @@ class VectorTile extends UrlTile {
                 } else if (state === TileState.ERROR) {
                   tile.errorSourceTileKeys[sourceTileKey] = true;
                 }
-                if (tile.loadingSourceTiles - Object.keys(tile.errorSourceTileKeys).length === 0) {
-                  tile.hifi = true;
+                const errorTileCount = Object.keys(tile.errorSourceTileKeys).length;
+                if (tile.loadingSourceTiles - errorTileCount === 0) {
+                  tile.hifi = errorTileCount === 0;
                   tile.sourceZ = sourceZ;
-                  tile.setState(isEmpty(tile.errorSourceTileKeys) ? TileState.LOADED : TileState.ERROR);
+                  tile.setState(TileState.LOADED);
                 }
               }
             };
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/vectorrendertile.test.js b/test/spec/ol/vectorrendertile.test.js
index c54579b6ee..6b80b9971e 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/vectorrendertile.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/vectorrendertile.test.js
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ describe('ol.VectorRenderTile', function() {
     listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
       ++calls;
       if (calls === 1) {
-        expect(tile.getState()).to.be(TileState.ERROR);
+        expect(tile.getState()).to.be(TileState.LOADED);
+        expect(tile.hifi).to.be(false);
         setTimeout(function() {
           sourceTile.setState(TileState.LOADED);
+          expect(tile.hifi).to.be(true);
         }, 0);
       } else if (calls === 2) {
         done();
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ describe('ol.VectorRenderTile', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  it('sets ERROR state when source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
+  it('sets LOADED state and hifi==false when source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
     const source = new VectorTileSource({
       format: new GeoJSON(),
       url: 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json'
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ describe('ol.VectorRenderTile', function() {
     tile.load();
 
     listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
-      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(TileState.ERROR);
+      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(TileState.LOADED);
+      expect(tile.hifi).to.be(false);
       done();
     });
   });