diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 8594d424d60..a48126f8fa3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -3320,7 +3320,7 @@ readCommandResponse(CState *st, MetaCommand meta, char *varprefix)
 				pg_log_debug("client %d pipeline ending", st->id);
 				if (PQexitPipelineMode(st->con) != 1)
 					pg_log_error("client %d failed to exit pipeline mode: %s", st->id,
-								 PQerrorMessage(st->con));
+								 PQresultErrorMessage(res));
 				break;
 
 			case PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR:
@@ -3330,7 +3330,7 @@ readCommandResponse(CState *st, MetaCommand meta, char *varprefix)
 				if (canRetryError(st->estatus))
 				{
 					if (verbose_errors)
-						commandError(st, PQerrorMessage(st->con));
+						commandError(st, PQresultErrorMessage(res));
 					goto error;
 				}
 				/* fall through */
@@ -3339,7 +3339,7 @@ readCommandResponse(CState *st, MetaCommand meta, char *varprefix)
 				/* anything else is unexpected */
 				pg_log_error("client %d script %d aborted in command %d query %d: %s",
 							 st->id, st->use_file, st->command, qrynum,
-							 PQerrorMessage(st->con));
+							 PQresultErrorMessage(res));
 				goto error;
 		}