diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
index f682bc19a3c44bcf83fe6ff200d2c055850ad149..4fb00b1a6d5a2ee1d7709dbc9ec5b5c24994a416 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ void cliConnTimeout(uv_timer_t* handle) {
   taosArrayPush(pThrd->timerList, &conn->timer);
 
   conn->timer = NULL;
-  cliHandleExceptImpl(conn, TSDB_CODE_RPC_TIMEOUT);
+  cliHandleExceptImpl(conn, -1);
 }
 void cliReadTimeoutCb(uv_timer_t* handle) {
   // set up timeout cb