diff --git a/core/breaker/breaker.go b/core/breaker/breaker.go
index 3da681cdf..a53aca5c1 100644
--- a/core/breaker/breaker.go
+++ b/core/breaker/breaker.go
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ type (
 		Name() string
 
 		// Allow checks if the request is allowed.
-		// If allowed, a promise will be returned, the caller needs to call promise.Accept()
-		// on success, or call promise.Reject() on failure.
-		// If not allow, ErrServiceUnavailable will be returned.
+		// If allowed, a promise will be returned,
+		// otherwise ErrServiceUnavailable will be returned as the error.
+		// The caller needs to call promise.Accept() on success,
+		// or call promise.Reject() on failure.
 		Allow() (Promise, error)
 
 		// Do runs the given request if the Breaker accepts it.
diff --git a/core/breaker/googlebreaker.go b/core/breaker/googlebreaker.go
index f58566b03..462729568 100644
--- a/core/breaker/googlebreaker.go
+++ b/core/breaker/googlebreaker.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func (b *googleBreaker) accept() error {
 
 func (b *googleBreaker) allow() (internalPromise, error) {
 	if err := b.accept(); err != nil {
+		b.markFailure()
 		return nil, err
 	}