diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduler_metrics.go b/pkg/controller/scheduler_metrics.go
index 960db811..6d2d3c82 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduler_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduler_metrics.go
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ func (c *Controller) runMetricChecks(canary *flaggerv1.Canary) bool {
 					canary.Name, canary.Namespace, metric.Name, val, metric.Threshold)
 				return false
 			}
+		} else if metric.Name != "request-success-rate" && metric.Name != "request-duration" {
+			c.recordEventErrorf(canary, "Metric query failed for no usable metrics template were configured")
+			return false
 		}
 	}