diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
index c392f6ba15..69da042e7e 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import {
   IPartyProps,
   IUserEntityMap
 } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/party-entities';
+import { ApiResponseStatus } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api';
 import { datasetUrlById, datasetUrlByUrn } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/shared';
+import { ApiError } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/errors/errors';
 import { getJSON, postJSON } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/fetcher';
 import { getApiRoot, ApiStatus } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/shared';
 import { arrayFilter, arrayMap } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
@@ -120,8 +122,18 @@ const ownersWithModifiedTimeAsDate = arrayMap(ownerWithModifiedTimeAsDate);
  * @return {Promise<Array<IOwner>>}
  */
 const readDatasetOwnersByUrn = async (urn: string): Promise<Array<IOwner>> => {
-  const { owners = [] } = await getJSON<Pick<IOwnerResponse, 'owners'>>({ url: datasetOwnersUrlByUrn(urn) });
-  return ownersWithModifiedTimeAsDate(owners);
+  let owners: Array<IOwner> = [];
+
+  try {
+    ({ owners = [] } = await getJSON<Pick<IOwnerResponse, 'owners'>>({ url: datasetOwnersUrlByUrn(urn) }));
+    return ownersWithModifiedTimeAsDate(owners);
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e instanceof ApiError && e.status === ApiResponseStatus.NotFound) {
+      return owners;
+    } else {
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 /**