diff --git a/scylla/src/cluster/metadata.rs b/scylla/src/cluster/metadata.rs
index a0509a98c..d2c1e24fc 100644
--- a/scylla/src/cluster/metadata.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/cluster/metadata.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 use crate::client::pager::{NextPageError, NextRowError, QueryPager};
 use crate::cluster::node::resolve_contact_points;
 use crate::deserialize::DeserializeOwnedRow;
-use crate::errors::{DbError, NewSessionError, QueryError, RequestAttemptError};
+use crate::errors::{DbError, NewSessionError, RequestAttemptError};
 use crate::frame::response::event::Event;
 use crate::network::{Connection, ConnectionConfig, NodeConnectionPool, PoolConfig, PoolSize};
 use crate::policies::host_filter::HostFilter;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ impl MetadataReader {
     }
 
     /// Fetches current metadata from the cluster
-    pub(crate) async fn read_metadata(&mut self, initial: bool) -> Result<Metadata, QueryError> {
+    pub(crate) async fn read_metadata(&mut self, initial: bool) -> Result<Metadata, MetadataError> {
         let mut result = self.fetch_metadata(initial).await;
         let prev_err = match result {
             Ok(metadata) => {
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ impl MetadataReader {
         &mut self,
         initial: bool,
         nodes: impl Iterator<Item = UntranslatedEndpoint>,
-        prev_err: QueryError,
-    ) -> Result<Metadata, QueryError> {
+        prev_err: MetadataError,
+    ) -> Result<Metadata, MetadataError> {
         let mut result = Err(prev_err);
         for peer in nodes {
             let err = match result {
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ impl MetadataReader {
         result
     }
 
-    async fn fetch_metadata(&self, initial: bool) -> Result<Metadata, QueryError> {
+    async fn fetch_metadata(&self, initial: bool) -> Result<Metadata, MetadataError> {
         // TODO: Timeouts?
         self.control_connection.wait_until_initialized().await;
         let conn = &self.control_connection.random_connection()?;
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ impl MetadataReader {
             }
         }
 
-        res.map_err(QueryError::MetadataError)
+        res
     }
 
     fn update_known_peers(&mut self, metadata: &Metadata) {
diff --git a/scylla/src/errors.rs b/scylla/src/errors.rs
index 8b6c0a2e3..bc0de6f4d 100644
--- a/scylla/src/errors.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/errors.rs
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ pub enum TracingProtocolError {
 #[derive(Error, Debug, Clone)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum MetadataError {
+    /// Control connection pool error.
+    #[error("Control connection pool error: {0}")]
+    ConnectionPoolError(#[from] ConnectionPoolError),
+
     /// Bad peers metadata.
     #[error("Bad peers metadata: {0}")]
     Peers(#[from] PeersMetadataError),