diff --git a/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js b/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js
index 2b8a2b0210..4c3545ef26 100644
--- a/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js
+++ b/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js
@@ -263,17 +263,23 @@ ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.load = function() {
  */
 ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.finishLoading_ = function() {
   var loaded = this.tileKeys.length;
+  var empty = 0;
   for (var i = loaded - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
     var state = this.getTile(this.tileKeys[i]).getState();
     if (state != ol.TileState.LOADED) {
       --loaded;
     }
+    if (state == ol.TileState.EMPTY) {
+      ++empty;
+    }
   }
   if (loaded == this.tileKeys.length) {
     this.loadListenerKeys_.forEach(ol.events.unlistenByKey);
     this.loadListenerKeys_.length = 0;
+    this.setState(ol.TileState.LOADED);
+  } else {
+    this.setState(empty == this.tileKeys.length ? ol.TileState.EMPTY : ol.TileState.ERROR);
   }
-  this.setState(loaded > 0 ? ol.TileState.LOADED : ol.TileState.EMPTY);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/rendering/ol/layer/vectortile.test.js b/test/rendering/ol/layer/vectortile.test.js
index 0d5d20301f..24e591dfe0 100644
--- a/test/rendering/ol/layer/vectortile.test.js
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/layer/vectortile.test.js
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ describe('ol.rendering.layer.VectorTile', function() {
       source = new ol.source.VectorTile({
         format: new ol.format.MVT(),
         tileGrid: ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(),
-        tilePixelRatio: 16,
         url: 'rendering/ol/data/tiles/mvt/{z}-{x}-{y}.vector.pbf'
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js b/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js
index 0984a5ecef..98823000fb 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js
@@ -32,23 +32,6 @@ describe('ol.VectorImageTile', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  it('sets LOADED state when source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
-    var format = new ol.format.GeoJSON();
-    var url = 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json';
-    var tile = new ol.VectorImageTile([0, 0, -1], 0, url, format,
-        ol.VectorImageTile.defaultLoadFunction, [0, 0, -1], function() {
-          return url;
-        }, ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(), ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(), {},
-        1, ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857'), ol.VectorTile, function() {});
-
-    tile.load();
-
-    ol.events.listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
-      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(ol.TileState.EMPTY);
-      done();
-    });
-  });
-
   it('sets LOADED state when previously failed source tiles are loaded', function(done) {
     var format = new ol.format.GeoJSON();
     var url = 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json';
@@ -66,7 +49,7 @@ describe('ol.VectorImageTile', function() {
     var calls = 0;
     ol.events.listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
       ++calls;
-      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(calls == 2 ? ol.TileState.LOADED : ol.TileState.EMPTY);
+      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(calls == 2 ? ol.TileState.LOADED : ol.TileState.ERROR);
       if (calls == 2) {
         done();
       } else {
@@ -77,7 +60,7 @@ describe('ol.VectorImageTile', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  it('sets EMPTY state when all source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
+  it('sets ERROR state when source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
     var format = new ol.format.GeoJSON();
     var url = 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json';
     var tile = new ol.VectorImageTile([0, 0, -1], 0, url, format,
@@ -89,7 +72,7 @@ describe('ol.VectorImageTile', function() {
     tile.load();
 
     ol.events.listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
-      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(ol.TileState.EMPTY);
+      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(ol.TileState.ERROR);
       done();
     });
   });