diff --git a/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py b/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 
 import iso8601
 from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
+from lazr.restfulclient.errors import RestfulError
 from lazr.restfulclient.resource import Collection
+from tenacity.before_sleep import before_sleep_log
 
+from swh.lister.utils import throttling_retry
 from swh.scheduler.interface import SchedulerInterface
 from swh.scheduler.model import ListedOrigin
 
@@ -90,6 +93,30 @@
                     d[attribute_name] = date_last_modified.isoformat()
         return d
 
+    @throttling_retry(before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.WARNING))
+    def page_request(
+        self, launchpad, vcs_type: str, date_last_modified: datetime
+    ) -> Optional[Collection]:
+        """Querying the page of results for a given vcs_type since the date_last_modified. If
+        some issues occurs, this will deal with the retrying policy.
+
+        """
+        get_vcs_fns = {
+            "git": launchpad.git_repositories.getRepositories,
+            "bzr": launchpad.branches.getBranches,
+        }
+
+        page_result = None
+        try:
+            page_result = get_vcs_fns[vcs_type](
+                order_by="most neglected first",
+                modified_since_date=self.date_last_modified[vcs_type],
+            )
+        except RestfulError as e:
+            logger.error("Listing %s origins raised %s", vcs_type, e)
+
+        return page_result
+
     def get_pages(self) -> Iterator[LaunchpadPageType]:
         """
         Yields an iterator on all git/bzr repositories hosted on Launchpad sorted
@@ -103,14 +130,13 @@
                 "git": self.state.git_date_last_modified,
                 "bzr": self.state.bzr_date_last_modified,
             }
-        for vcs_type, get_vcs_fn in [
-            ("git", launchpad.git_repositories.getRepositories),
-            ("bzr", launchpad.branches.getBranches),
-        ]:
-            yield vcs_type, get_vcs_fn(
-                order_by="most neglected first",
-                modified_since_date=self.date_last_modified[vcs_type],
+        for vcs_type in ["git", "bzr"]:
+            page_result = self.page_request(
+                launchpad, vcs_type, self.date_last_modified[vcs_type]
             )
+            if not page_result:
+                continue
+            yield vcs_type, page_result
 
     def get_origins_from_page(self, page: LaunchpadPageType) -> Iterator[ListedOrigin]:
         """
diff --git a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 
     assert lister.incremental
     assert lister.updated
-    assert stats.pages == 2, "Empty bzr response still accounts for 1 page"
+    assert stats.pages == 1, "Empty bzr page response is ignored"
     assert stats.origins == len(launchpad_response2)
 
     mock_getRepositories.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     stats = lister.run()
 
     assert not lister.updated
-    assert stats.pages == 1 + 1, "Empty pages are still accounted for (1 git, 1 bzr)"
+    assert stats.pages == 1, "Empty pages are ignored(only 1 git page of results)"
     assert stats.origins == 0
 
 
@@ -211,5 +211,5 @@
     stats = lister.run()
 
     assert lister.updated
-    assert stats.pages == 1 + 1, "Empty bzr page is still accounted for (1 git, 1 bzr)"
+    assert stats.pages == 1, "Empty bzr page are ignored (only 1 git page of results)"
     assert stats.origins == 1