diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/normalize.ts b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/normalize.ts
index 498f7624ec2c4..f5883d40d5d6e 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/normalize.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const getGatsbyImageCdnFields = async ({
         2
       )
     )
-    reporter.panic(
+    reporter.panicOnBuild(
       `[gatsby-source-drupal] Encountered an unrecoverable error while generating Gatsby Image CDN fields for url ${url}. See above for additional information.`
     )
   }