diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
index c2419ba6b..48de9ee86 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
@@ -888,14 +888,11 @@ OpenCopyConnections(CopyStmt *copyStatement, ShardConnections *shardConnections,
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * If errors are supposed to cause immediate aborts (i.e. we don't
+		 * Errors are supposed to cause immediate aborts (i.e. we don't
 		 * want to/can't invalidate placements), mark the connection as
 		 * critical so later errors cause failures.
 		 */
-		if (stopOnFailure)
-		{
-			MarkRemoteTransactionCritical(connection);
-		}
+		MarkRemoteTransactionCritical(connection);
 		ClaimConnectionExclusively(connection);
 		RemoteTransactionBeginIfNecessary(connection);
 		copyCommand = ConstructCopyStatement(copyStatement, shardConnections->shardId,
@@ -904,13 +901,7 @@ OpenCopyConnections(CopyStmt *copyStatement, ShardConnections *shardConnections,
 
 		if (PQresultStatus(result) != PGRES_COPY_IN)
 		{
-			ReportConnectionError(connection, WARNING);
-			MarkRemoteTransactionFailed(connection, true);
-
-			PQclear(result);
-
-			failedPlacementCount++;
-			continue;
+			ReportResultError(connection, result, ERROR);
 		}
 
 		PQclear(result);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out
index 03c443049..d421c0a5e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ DELETE FROM researchers WHERE lab_id = 6;
 \copy researchers FROM STDIN delimiter ','
 COMMIT;
 WARNING:  illegal value
-WARNING:  failed to commit transaction on localhost:57638
+WARNING:  failed to commit critical transaction on localhost:57638, metadata is likely out of sync
 WARNING:  illegal value
-WARNING:  failed to commit transaction on localhost:57637
+WARNING:  failed to commit critical transaction on localhost:57637, metadata is likely out of sync
 WARNING:  could not commit transaction for shard 1200001 on any active node
 ERROR:  could not commit transaction on any active node
 \unset VERBOSITY