diff --git a/util/errors/errors.go b/util/errors/errors.go
index 5eae7010461a..2982be216fd7 100644
--- a/util/errors/errors.go
+++ b/util/errors/errors.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func IsTransientErr(err error) bool {
 		isTransientEtcdErr(err) ||
 		matchTransientErrPattern(err) ||
 		errors.Is(err, NewErrTransient("")) ||
-		strings.Contains(err.Error(), "upper: no more rows in ")
+		isTransientSqbErr(err)
 	if isTransient {
 		log.Infof("Transient error: %v", err)
 	} else {
@@ -124,3 +124,7 @@ func generateErrorString(err error) string {
 	}
 	return errorString
 }
+
+func isTransientSqbErr(err error) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "upper: no more rows in")
+}