diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
index 66d0291568..a4375fb66e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module Homebrew
       end
 
       def load_formula_or_cask(name, only: nil, method: nil)
-        unreadable_errors = []
+        unreadable_error = nil
 
         if only != :cask
           begin
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module Homebrew
                  TapFormulaUnreadableError, TapFormulaClassUnavailableError => e
             # Need to rescue before `FormulaUnavailableError` (superclass of this)
             # The formula was found, but there's a problem with its implementation
-            unreadable_errors << e
+            unreadable_error ||= e
           rescue NoSuchKegError, FormulaUnavailableError => e
             raise e if only == :formula
           end
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ module Homebrew
           rescue Cask::CaskUnreadableError => e
             # Need to rescue before `CaskUnavailableError` (superclass of this)
             # The cask was found, but there's a problem with its implementation
-            unreadable_errors << e
+            unreadable_error ||= e
           rescue Cask::CaskUnavailableError => e
             raise e if only == :cask
           end
         end
 
-        raise unreadable_errors.first if unreadable_errors.count == 1
+        raise unreadable_error if unreadable_error.present?
 
         raise FormulaOrCaskUnavailableError, name
       end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb
index e6285d6c5d..673589831a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cli/named_args_spec.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe Homebrew::CLI::NamedArgs do
       end
 
       it "raises an error" do
-        expect { described_class.new("foo").to_formulae_and_casks }.to raise_error(FormulaOrCaskUnavailableError)
+        expect { described_class.new("foo").to_formulae_and_casks }.to raise_error(FormulaUnreadableError)
       end
 
       it "raises an error if loading formula only" do