diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 84e3aa9ece..9b3c17d1d9 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -6044,13 +6044,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (con == NULL)
 		exit(1);
 
-	if (PQstatus(con) == CONNECTION_BAD)
-	{
-		pg_log_fatal("connection to database \"%s\" failed: %s",
-					 PQdb(con) ? PQdb(con) : "", PQerrorMessage(con));
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
 	if (internal_script_used)
 		GetTableInfo(con, scale_given);