diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 72414ff0d11..734752e6509 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -6794,7 +6794,7 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 					continue;
 				}
 				/* must be something wrong */
-				pg_log_fatal("%s() failed: %m", SOCKET_WAIT_METHOD);
+				pg_log_error("%s() failed: %m", SOCKET_WAIT_METHOD);
 				goto done;
 			}
 		}