diff --git a/export.go b/export.go
index 8d09e333a2e1..7c59ffc69c0a 100644
--- a/export.go
+++ b/export.go
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ func (app *SimApp) prepForZeroHeightGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, jailAllowedAddrs []
 		feePool.CommunityPool = feePool.CommunityPool.Add(scraps...)
 		app.DistrKeeper.SetFeePool(ctx, feePool)
 
-		app.DistrKeeper.Hooks().AfterValidatorCreated(ctx, val.GetOperator())
+		if err := app.DistrKeeper.Hooks().AfterValidatorCreated(ctx, val.GetOperator()); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 		return false
 	})