diff --git a/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c b/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
index 4a9e2a4f181507e66a3b701f9d09524222dea0c7..43d332de209d0a40253ccdb3dec1a497763ef39f 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
@@ -1157,9 +1157,7 @@ PLy_function_handler(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, PLyProcedure *proc)
 				PLy_function_delete_args(proc);
 
 				if (has_error)
-					ereport(ERROR,
-							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATA_EXCEPTION),
-						  errmsg("error fetching next item from iterator")));
+					PLy_elog(ERROR, "error fetching next item from iterator");
 
 				/* Disconnect from the SPI manager before returning */
 				if (SPI_finish() != SPI_OK_FINISH)