diff --git a/scylla/src/network/connection.rs b/scylla/src/network/connection.rs
index ae0cdadc7..d4bd142ee 100644
--- a/scylla/src/network/connection.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/network/connection.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use crate::response::{
     NonErrorAuthResponse, NonErrorStartupResponse, PagingState, PagingStateResponse, QueryResponse,
 };
 use crate::routing::locator::tablets::{RawTablet, TabletParsingError};
-use crate::routing::{Shard, ShardInfo, Sharder};
+use crate::routing::{Shard, ShardInfo, Sharder, ShardingError};
 use crate::statement::prepared_statement::PreparedStatement;
 use crate::statement::{Consistency, PageSize};
 use bytes::Bytes;
@@ -1848,7 +1848,23 @@ pub(super) async fn open_connection(
     };
 
     // If this is ScyllaDB that we connected to, we received sharding information.
-    let shard_info = ShardInfo::try_from(&supported.options).ok();
+    let shard_info = match ShardInfo::try_from(&supported.options) {
+        Ok(info) => Some(info),
+        Err(ShardingError::NoShardInfo) => {
+            tracing::info!(
+                "[{}] No sharding information received. Proceeding with no sharding info.",
+                addr
+            );
+            None
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!(
+                "[{}] Error while parsing sharding information: {}. Proceeding with no sharding info.",
+                addr, e
+            );
+            None
+        }
+    };
     let supported_compression = supported
         .options
         .remove(options::COMPRESSION)
diff --git a/scylla/src/routing/mod.rs b/scylla/src/routing/mod.rs
index 0d5625611..7dadaa8be 100644
--- a/scylla/src/routing/mod.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/routing/mod.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ pub mod locator;
 pub mod partitioner;
 mod sharding;
 
-pub(crate) use sharding::ShardInfo;
-pub use sharding::{Shard, ShardCount, Sharder, ShardingError};
+pub use sharding::{Shard, ShardCount, Sharder};
+pub(crate) use sharding::{ShardInfo, ShardingError};
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 
diff --git a/scylla/src/routing/sharding.rs b/scylla/src/routing/sharding.rs
index 4c3dec691..a526bfc09 100644
--- a/scylla/src/routing/sharding.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/routing/sharding.rs
@@ -96,36 +96,65 @@ impl Sharder {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Error, Debug)]
-pub enum ShardingError {
-    #[error("ShardInfo parameters missing")]
-    MissingShardInfoParameter,
-    #[error("ShardInfo parameters missing after unwrapping")]
-    MissingUnwrapedShardInfoParameter,
-    #[error("ShardInfo contains an invalid number of shards (0)")]
+pub(crate) enum ShardingError {
+    /// This indicates that we are most likely connected to a Cassandra cluster.
+    /// Unless, there is some serious bug in Scylla.
+    #[error("Server did not provide any sharding information")]
+    NoShardInfo,
+
+    /// A bug in scylla. Some of the parameters are present, while others are missing.
+    #[error("Missing some sharding info parameters")]
+    MissingSomeShardInfoParameters,
+
+    /// A bug in Scylla. All parameters are present, but some do not contain any values.
+    #[error("Missing some sharding info parameter values")]
+    MissingShardInfoParameterValues,
+
+    /// A bug in Scylla. Number of shards is equal to zero.
+    #[error("Sharding info contains an invalid number of shards (0)")]
     ZeroShards,
-    #[error("ParseIntError encountered while getting ShardInfo")]
+
+    /// A bug in Scylla. Failed to parse string to number.
+    #[error("Failed to parse a sharding info parameter's value: {0}")]
     ParseIntError(#[from] std::num::ParseIntError),
 }
 
+const SHARD_ENTRY: &str = "SCYLLA_SHARD";
+const NR_SHARDS_ENTRY: &str = "SCYLLA_NR_SHARDS";
+const MSB_IGNORE_ENTRY: &str = "SCYLLA_SHARDING_IGNORE_MSB";
+
 impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a HashMap<String, Vec<String>>> for ShardInfo {
     type Error = ShardingError;
     fn try_from(options: &'a HashMap<String, Vec<String>>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let shard_entry = options.get("SCYLLA_SHARD");
-        let nr_shards_entry = options.get("SCYLLA_NR_SHARDS");
-        let msb_ignore_entry = options.get("SCYLLA_SHARDING_IGNORE_MSB");
-        if shard_entry.is_none() || nr_shards_entry.is_none() || msb_ignore_entry.is_none() {
-            return Err(ShardingError::MissingShardInfoParameter);
-        }
-        if shard_entry.unwrap().is_empty()
-            || nr_shards_entry.unwrap().is_empty()
-            || msb_ignore_entry.unwrap().is_empty()
-        {
-            return Err(ShardingError::MissingUnwrapedShardInfoParameter);
-        }
-        let shard = shard_entry.unwrap().first().unwrap().parse::<u16>()?;
-        let nr_shards = nr_shards_entry.unwrap().first().unwrap().parse::<u16>()?;
+        let shard_entry = options.get(SHARD_ENTRY);
+        let nr_shards_entry = options.get(NR_SHARDS_ENTRY);
+        let msb_ignore_entry = options.get(MSB_IGNORE_ENTRY);
+
+        // Unwrap entries.
+        let (shard_entry, nr_shards_entry, msb_ignore_entry) =
+            match (shard_entry, nr_shards_entry, msb_ignore_entry) {
+                (Some(shard_entry), Some(nr_shards_entry), Some(msb_ignore_entry)) => {
+                    (shard_entry, nr_shards_entry, msb_ignore_entry)
+                }
+                // All parameters are missing - most likely a Cassandra cluster.
+                (None, None, None) => return Err(ShardingError::NoShardInfo),
+                // At least one of the parameters is present, but some are missing. A bug in Scylla.
+                _ => return Err(ShardingError::MissingSomeShardInfoParameters),
+            };
+
+        // Further unwrap entries (they should be the first entries of their corresponding Vecs).
+        let (Some(shard_entry), Some(nr_shards_entry), Some(msb_ignore_entry)) = (
+            shard_entry.first(),
+            nr_shards_entry.first(),
+            msb_ignore_entry.first(),
+        ) else {
+            return Err(ShardingError::MissingShardInfoParameterValues);
+        };
+
+        let shard = shard_entry.parse::<u16>()?;
+        let nr_shards = nr_shards_entry.parse::<u16>()?;
         let nr_shards = ShardCount::new(nr_shards).ok_or(ShardingError::ZeroShards)?;
-        let msb_ignore = msb_ignore_entry.unwrap().first().unwrap().parse::<u8>()?;
+        let msb_ignore = msb_ignore_entry.parse::<u8>()?;
         Ok(ShardInfo::new(shard, nr_shards, msb_ignore))
     }
 }