diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c
index 6ecb9bee6..dc09bd8b6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/remote_commands.c
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ ReportConnectionError(MultiConnection *connection, int elevel)
 	char *nodeName = connection->hostname;
 	int nodePort = connection->port;
 
-	ereport(elevel, (errmsg("connection error: %s:%d", nodeName, nodePort),
+	ereport(elevel, (errcode(ERRCODE_CONNECTION_FAILURE),
+					 errmsg("connection error: %s:%d", nodeName, nodePort),
 					 errdetail("%s", pchomp(PQerrorMessage(connection->pgConn)))));
 }