diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index 2a3d68b4d14..1c5a2b43e99 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -4687,6 +4687,7 @@ PQrequestCancel(PGconn *conn)
 				"PQrequestCancel() -- connection is not open\n",
 				conn->errorMessage.maxlen);
 		conn->errorMessage.len = strlen(conn->errorMessage.data);
+		conn->errorReported = 0;
 
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -4706,7 +4707,10 @@ PQrequestCancel(PGconn *conn)
 	}
 
 	if (!r)
+	{
 		conn->errorMessage.len = strlen(conn->errorMessage.data);
+		conn->errorReported = 0;
+	}
 
 	return r;
 }