diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSql.c b/src/client/src/tscSql.c
index 8a2b2752a1e89eecb3cc7b3f7ca8442b7e0332ec..72349c8fba397207ebe0b06633f435a379813a12 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSql.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSql.c
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ TAOS *taos_connect_internal(const char *ip, const char *user, const char *pass,
       } else {
         printf("connect failed, reason: %s.\n\n", tstrerror(terrno));
       }
+      int32_t lastError = terrno;
       taos_free_result(pSql);
+      if (terrno != lastError) terrno = lastError;
       taos_close(pObj);
       return NULL;
     }