diff --git a/cmd/fishymetrics/main.go b/cmd/fishymetrics/main.go
index 743857fe..ac9e1189 100644
--- a/cmd/fishymetrics/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fishymetrics/main.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 	driveModExclude    = a.Flag("collector.drives.modules-exclude", "regex of drive module(s) to exclude from the scrape").Default("").Envar("COLLECTOR_DRIVES_MODULE_EXCLUDE").String()
 	firmwareModExclude = a.Flag("collector.firmware.modules-exclude", "regex of firmware module(s) to exclude from the scrape").Default("").Envar("COLLECTOR_FIRMWARE_MODULE_EXCLUDE").String()
 	urlExtraParams     = a.Flag("url.extra-params", `extra parameter(s) to parse from the URL. --url.extra-params="param1:alias1,param2:alias2"`).Default("").Envar("URL_EXTRA_PARAMS").String()
+	disable404Retry    = a.Flag("disable-404-retry", "Skip retrying on HTTP 404 (no 404 retry loop).").Default("false").Envar("FISHYMETRICS_DISABLE_404_RETRY").Bool()
 	_                  = common.CredentialProf(a.Flag("credentials.profiles",
 		`profile(s) with all necessary parameters to obtain BMC credential from secrets backend, i.e.
   --credentials.profiles="
@@ -155,11 +156,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	c := &config.Config{
-		BMCScheme:  *bmcScheme,
-		BMCTimeout: *bmcTimeout,
-		SSLVerify:  *insecureSkipVerify,
-		User:       *username,
-		Pass:       *password,
+		BMCScheme:       *bmcScheme,
+		BMCTimeout:      *bmcTimeout,
+		SSLVerify:       *insecureSkipVerify,
+		User:            *username,
+		Pass:            *password,
+		Disable404Retry: *disable404Retry,
 	}
 
 	config.NewConfig(c)
diff --git a/common/util.go b/common/util.go
index ef1f2245..1a835d50 100644
--- a/common/util.go
+++ b/common/util.go
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ func Fetch(uri, host, profile string, client *retryablehttp.Client) func() ([]by
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		defer EmptyAndCloseBody(resp)
-		if !(resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode < http.StatusMultipleChoices) {
-			if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		if resp.StatusCode < http.StatusOK || resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusMultipleChoices {
+			switch resp.StatusCode {
+			case http.StatusNotFound:
+				// When --disable-404-retry or FISHYMETRICS_DISABLE_404_RETRY=1, skip retries.
+				if config.GetConfig().Disable404Retry {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP status %d", http.StatusNotFound)
+				}
 				for retryCount < 3 && resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
 					time.Sleep(client.RetryWaitMin)
 					resp, err = DoRequest(client, req)
@@ -63,12 +68,10 @@ func Fetch(uri, host, profile string, client *retryablehttp.Client) func() ([]by
 					defer EmptyAndCloseBody(resp)
 					retryCount++
 				}
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				} else if !(resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode < http.StatusMultipleChoices) {
+				if resp.StatusCode < http.StatusOK || resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusMultipleChoices {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP status %d", resp.StatusCode)
 				}
-			} else if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			case http.StatusUnauthorized:
 				if ChassisCreds.Vault != nil {
 					// Credentials may have rotated, clear cache, go to vault and get the latest
 					ChassisCreds.mu.Lock()
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ func Fetch(uri, host, profile string, client *retryablehttp.Client) func() ([]by
 				if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
 					return nil, ErrInvalidCredential
 				}
-			} else {
+			default:
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP status %d", resp.StatusCode)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index fa32f056..0c686471 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	BMCScheme  string
-	BMCTimeout time.Duration
-	SSLVerify  bool
-	User       string
-	Pass       string
+	BMCScheme        string
+	BMCTimeout       time.Duration
+	SSLVerify        bool
+	User             string
+	Pass             string
+	Disable404Retry  bool
 }
 
 var (