diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 958abcf5..4c06ccd1 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     DbError(DbError),
     /// An error communicating with the Postgres server.
     IoError(io::Error),
-    /// The communication channel with the Postgres server has desynchronized
-    /// due to an earlier communications error.
-    StreamDesynchronized,
     /// An attempt was made to convert between incompatible Rust and Postgres
     /// types.
     WrongType(Type),
@@ -314,9 +311,6 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
         match *self {
             Error::DbError(_) => "An error reported by the Postgres server",
             Error::IoError(_) => "An error communicating with the Postgres server",
-            Error::StreamDesynchronized => {
-                "Communication with the server has desynchronized due to an earlier IO error"
-            }
             Error::WrongType(_) => "Unexpected type",
             Error::InvalidColumn => "Invalid column",
             Error::Conversion(_) => "An error converting between Postgres and Rust types",
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bc7906dc..4381972a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ fn bad_response() -> std_io::Error {
                        "the server returned an unexpected response")
 }
 
+fn desynchronized() -> std_io::Error {
+    std_io::Error::new(std_io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                       "communication with the server has desynchronized due to an earlier IO error")
+}
+
 /// An enumeration of transaction isolation levels.
 ///
 /// See the [Postgres documentation](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/transaction-iso.html)
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index dc5f178c..2a2b5275 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ macro_rules! try_desync {
 macro_rules! check_desync {
     ($e:expr) => ({
         if $e.is_desynchronized() {
-            return Err(::error::Error::StreamDesynchronized);
+            return Err(::error::Error::IoError(::desynchronized()));
         }
     })
 }