diff --git a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/__init__.py b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/__init__.py
index 9bf810d51a..206ba0bce9 100644
--- a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/__init__.py
+++ b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/__init__.py
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ def fetch_contents(
                 raise tmt.utils.GeneralError(
                     f"Unexpected error downloading '{artifact}'."
                 ) from error
-
+        if not downloaded_paths:
+            raise tmt.utils.GeneralError(
+                f"No artifacts were downloaded for provider '{self.raw_id}'. "
+                f"Verify the provider identifier is correct."
+            )
         self.logger.info(f"Successfully downloaded '{len(downloaded_paths)}' artifacts.")
         return downloaded_paths
 
diff --git a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/copr_build.py b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/copr_build.py
index c960e5a562..1b67c7ff66 100644
--- a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/copr_build.py
+++ b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/copr_build.py
@@ -224,7 +224,12 @@ def contribute_to_shared_repo(
         shared_repo_dir: tmt.utils.Path,
         exclude_patterns: Optional[list[tmt.utils.Pattern[str]]] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        guest.execute(
-            ShellScript(f"cp {quote(str(source_path))}/*.rpm {quote(str(shared_repo_dir))}")
-        )
+        try:
+            guest.execute(
+                ShellScript(f"cp {quote(str(source_path))}/*.rpm {quote(str(shared_repo_dir))}")
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.warning(f"No artifacts to contribute from '{source_path}'.")
+            return
+
         self.logger.info(f"Contributed artifacts from '{source_path}' to '{shared_repo_dir}'.")
diff --git a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/file.py b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/file.py
index 326b82ac4c..6869399e3e 100644
--- a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/file.py
+++ b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/file.py
@@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ def contribute_to_shared_repo(
         shared_repo_dir: tmt.utils.Path,
         exclude_patterns: Optional[list[tmt.utils.Pattern[str]]] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        guest.execute(
-            ShellScript(f"cp {quote(str(source_path))}/*.rpm {quote(str(shared_repo_dir))}")
-        )
+        try:
+            guest.execute(
+                ShellScript(f"cp {quote(str(source_path))}/*.rpm {quote(str(shared_repo_dir))}")
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.warning(f"No artifacts to contribute from '{source_path}'.")
+            return
+
         self.logger.info(f"Contributed artifacts from '{source_path}' to '{shared_repo_dir}'.")
diff --git a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/koji.py b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/koji.py
index 66d44fbb87..a3ff56cb72 100644
--- a/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/koji.py
+++ b/tmt/steps/prepare/artifact/providers/koji.py
@@ -185,9 +185,14 @@ def contribute_to_shared_repo(
         shared_repo_dir: tmt.utils.Path,
         exclude_patterns: Optional[list[tmt.utils.Pattern[str]]] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        guest.execute(
-            ShellScript(f"cp {quote(str(source_path))}/*.rpm {quote(str(shared_repo_dir))}")
-        )
+        try:
+            guest.execute(
+                ShellScript(f"cp {quote(str(source_path))}/*.rpm {quote(str(shared_repo_dir))}")
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.warning(f"No artifacts to contribute from '{source_path}'.")
+            return
+
         self.logger.info(f"Contributed artifacts from '{source_path}' to '{shared_repo_dir}'.")
 
     def make_rpm_artifact(self, rpm_meta: dict[str, Any]) -> ArtifactInfo: