diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
index 7e13cbf164..aeaa741c94 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ class RerankCompressor(BaseDocumentCompressor):
     ) -> Sequence[Document]:
         reranking = self.reranking_function is not None
 
+        scores = None
         if reranking:
             scores = self.reranking_function(
                 [(query, doc.page_content) for doc in documents]
@@ -965,22 +966,31 @@ class RerankCompressor(BaseDocumentCompressor):
             )
             scores = util.cos_sim(query_embedding, document_embedding)[0]
 
-        docs_with_scores = list(
-            zip(documents, scores.tolist() if not isinstance(scores, list) else scores)
-        )
-        if self.r_score:
-            docs_with_scores = [
-                (d, s) for d, s in docs_with_scores if s >= self.r_score
-            ]
-
-        result = sorted(docs_with_scores, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
-        final_results = []
-        for doc, doc_score in result[: self.top_n]:
-            metadata = doc.metadata
-            metadata["score"] = doc_score
-            doc = Document(
-                page_content=doc.page_content,
-                metadata=metadata,
+        if scores:
+            docs_with_scores = list(
+                zip(
+                    documents,
+                    scores.tolist() if not isinstance(scores, list) else scores,
+                )
             )
-            final_results.append(doc)
-        return final_results
+            if self.r_score:
+                docs_with_scores = [
+                    (d, s) for d, s in docs_with_scores if s >= self.r_score
+                ]
+
+            result = sorted(docs_with_scores, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
+            final_results = []
+            for doc, doc_score in result[: self.top_n]:
+                metadata = doc.metadata
+                metadata["score"] = doc_score
+                doc = Document(
+                    page_content=doc.page_content,
+                    metadata=metadata,
+                )
+                final_results.append(doc)
+            return final_results
+        else:
+            log.warning(
+                "No valid scores found, check your reranking function. Returning original documents."
+            )
+            return documents