diff --git a/source/client/src/clientMsgHandler.c b/source/client/src/clientMsgHandler.c
index 79d61423a7..448bf156f0 100644
--- a/source/client/src/clientMsgHandler.c
+++ b/source/client/src/clientMsgHandler.c
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ int genericRspCallback(void* param, const SDataBuf* pMsg, int32_t code) {
 
 int processConnectRsp(void* param, const SDataBuf* pMsg, int32_t code) {
   SRequestObj* pRequest = param;
+  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    pRequest->code = code;
+    terrno = code;
+
+    sem_post(&pRequest->body.rspSem);
+    return code;
+  }
 
   STscObj *pTscObj = pRequest->pTscObj;