diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
index 6852761d8bf..d399807e75c 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BlockLookups<T> {
                 Ok(LookupResult::Completed)
             }
         }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Makes progress on the immediate children of `block_root`
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs
index b642ec8e5b2..be650b6d152 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs
@@ -505,3 +505,14 @@ impl<T: Clone> std::fmt::Display for State<T> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl LookupRequestError {
+    pub(crate) fn as_metric(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            LookupRequestError::TooManyAttempts { .. } => "TooManyAttempts",
+            LookupRequestError::NoPeers => "NoPeers",
+            LookupRequestError::SendFailed { .. } => "SendFailed",
+            LookupRequestError::BadState { .. } => "BadState",
+        }
+    }
+}