diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 1be1ad3d6d..a4a3f40048 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -6038,17 +6038,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* opening connection... */
 	con = doConnect();
 	if (con == NULL)
 		exit(1);
 
-	if (PQstatus(con) == CONNECTION_BAD)
-	{
-		pg_log_fatal("connection to database \"%s\" failed: %s",
-					 dbName, PQerrorMessage(con));
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
 	if (internal_script_used)
 		GetTableInfo(con, scale_given);
 
 	/*
 	 * :scale variables normally get -s or database scale, but don't override