diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index fb636e317f..c6a8deb721 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 History
 =======
 
+3.34.1 (2021-04-29)
+-------------------
+
+Issues Closed
+
+Some SObjects could not be loaded without explicitly turning off the new
+``set_recently_viewed`` behavior.
+
 3.34.0 (2021-04-29)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/load.py b/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/load.py
index 38658fb890..871d3785f6 100644
--- a/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/load.py
+++ b/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/load.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Union
 import tempfile
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from cumulusci.salesforce_api.org_schema import get_org_schema
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column, MetaData, Table, Unicode, create_engine, text, func
 from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased, Session
@@ -139,7 +140,10 @@ def _run_task(self):
                                 f"Step {after_name} did not complete successfully: {','.join(result.job_errors)}"
                             )
         if self.options["set_recently_viewed"]:
-            self._set_viewed()
+            try:
+                self._set_viewed()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.warning(f"Could not set recently viewed because {e}")
 
     def _execute_step(
         self, mapping: MappingStep
@@ -654,14 +658,26 @@ def _set_viewed(self):
                 object_names.add(object_name)
         # collect SobjectName that have custom tabs
         if custom_objects:
-            for record in self.sf.query_all(
-                "SELECT SObjectName FROM TabDefinition WHERE IsCustom = true AND SObjectName IN ('{}')".format(
-                    "','".join(sorted(custom_objects))
+            try:
+                custom_tab_objects = self.sf.query_all(
+                    "SELECT SObjectName FROM TabDefinition WHERE IsCustom = true AND SObjectName IN ('{}')".format(
+                        "','".join(sorted(custom_objects))
+                    )
                 )
-            )["records"]:
-                object_names.add(record["SobjectName"])
-
-        for mapped_item in sorted(object_names):
-            self.sf.query_all(
-                f"SELECT Id FROM {mapped_item} ORDER BY CreatedDate DESC LIMIT 1000 FOR VIEW"
-            )
+                for record in custom_tab_objects["records"]:
+                    object_names.add(record["SobjectName"])
+            except Exception:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    "Cannot get the list of custom tabs to set recently viewed status on them."
+                )
+        with get_org_schema(self.sf, self.org_config) as org_schema:
+            for mapped_item in sorted(object_names):
+                if org_schema[mapped_item].mruEnabled:
+                    try:
+                        self.sf.query_all(
+                            f"SELECT Id FROM {mapped_item} ORDER BY CreatedDate DESC LIMIT 1000 FOR VIEW"
+                        )
+                    except Exception:
+                        self.logger.warning(
+                            f"Cannot set recently viewed status for {mapped_item}"
+                        )
diff --git a/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/tests/test_load.py b/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/tests/test_load.py
index 1fc4b4349b..f789dc50de 100644
--- a/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/tests/test_load.py
+++ b/cumulusci/tasks/bulkdata/tests/test_load.py
@@ -2274,6 +2274,7 @@ def _job_state_from_batches(self, job_id):
             ):
                 task()
 
+    @mock.patch("cumulusci.tasks.bulkdata.load.get_org_schema", mock.MagicMock())
     def test_set_viewed(self):
         base_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
         task = _make_task(
@@ -2313,3 +2314,56 @@ def _query_all(query):
             "SELECT Id FROM Account ORDER BY CreatedDate DESC LIMIT 1000 FOR VIEW",
             "SELECT Id FROM Custom__c ORDER BY CreatedDate DESC LIMIT 1000 FOR VIEW",
         ], queries
+
+    @mock.patch("cumulusci.tasks.bulkdata.load.get_org_schema", mock.MagicMock())
+    def test_set_viewed__SOQL_error_1(self):
+        base_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+        task = _make_task(
+            LoadData,
+            {
+                "options": {
+                    "sql_path": "test.sql",
+                    "mapping": os.path.join(base_path, self.mapping_file),
+                }
+            },
+        )
+
+        def _query_all(query):
+            assert 0
+
+        task.sf = mock.Mock()
+        task.sf.query_all = _query_all
+        task.mapping = {}
+        task.mapping["Insert Households"] = MappingStep(sf_object="Account", fields={})
+        task.mapping["Insert Custom__c"] = MappingStep(sf_object="Custom__c", fields={})
+
+        with mock.patch.object(task.logger, "warning") as warning:
+            task._set_viewed()
+
+        assert "custom tabs" in str(warning.mock_calls[0])
+        assert "Account" in str(warning.mock_calls[1])
+
+    def test_set_viewed__exception(self):
+        task = _make_task(
+            LoadData,
+            {
+                "options": {
+                    "database_url": "sqlite://",
+                    "mapping": "mapping.yml",
+                    "set_recently_viewed": True,
+                }
+            },
+        )
+        task._init_db = mock.Mock(return_value=nullcontext())
+        task._init_mapping = mock.Mock()
+        task.mapping = {}
+        task.after_steps = {}
+
+        def raise_exception():
+            assert 0, "xyzzy"
+
+        task._set_viewed = raise_exception
+
+        with mock.patch.object(task.logger, "warning") as warning:
+            task()
+        assert "xyzzy" in str(warning.mock_calls[0])
diff --git a/cumulusci/version.txt b/cumulusci/version.txt
index 5c0e053417..62d2864662 100644
--- a/cumulusci/version.txt
+++ b/cumulusci/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.34.0
+3.34.1