diff --git a/upstairs/src/client.rs b/upstairs/src/client.rs
index fe5647d92..1c3d6675e 100644
--- a/upstairs/src/client.rs
+++ b/upstairs/src/client.rs
@@ -854,7 +854,12 @@ impl DownstairsClient {
     ) {
         let new_state = match self.state {
             DsState::Active | DsState::Offline
-                if matches!(reason, ClientStopReason::IneligibleForReplay) =>
+                if matches!(
+                    reason,
+                    ClientStopReason::Fault(
+                        ClientFaultReason::IneligibleForReplay
+                    )
+                ) =>
             {
                 DsState::Faulted
             }
@@ -1195,10 +1200,10 @@ impl DownstairsClient {
     pub(crate) fn fault(
         &mut self,
         up_state: &UpstairsState,
-        reason: ClientStopReason,
+        reason: ClientFaultReason,
     ) {
         self.checked_state_transition(up_state, DsState::Faulted);
-        self.halt_io_task(reason);
+        self.halt_io_task(reason.into());
     }
 
     /// Finishes an in-progress live repair, setting our state to `Active`
@@ -2194,36 +2199,37 @@ pub(crate) enum ClientStopReason {
     /// Reconcile failed and we're restarting
     FailedReconcile,
 
-    /// Received an error from some IO
-    IOError,
-
     /// Negotiation message received out of order
     BadNegotiationOrder,
 
     /// Negotiation says that we are incompatible
     Incompatible,
 
-    /// Live-repair failed
-    FailedLiveRepair,
+    /// The upstairs has requested that we deactivate
+    Deactivated,
 
-    /// Too many jobs in the queue
-    TooManyOutstandingJobs,
+    /// We have explicitly faulted the client
+    Fault(ClientFaultReason),
+}
 
-    /// Too many bytes in the queue
+/// Subset of [`ClientStopReason`] for faulting a client
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) enum ClientFaultReason {
+    IOError,
+    FailedLiveRepair,
+    TooManyOutstandingJobs,
     TooManyOutstandingBytes,
+    OfflineDeactivated,
+    IneligibleForReplay,
 
-    /// The upstairs has requested that we deactivate
-    Deactivated,
-
-    /// The test suite has requested a fault
     #[cfg(test)]
     RequestedFault,
+}
 
-    /// The upstairs has requested that we deactivate when we were offline
-    OfflineDeactivated,
-
-    /// The Upstairs has dropped jobs that would be needed for replay
-    IneligibleForReplay,
+impl From<ClientFaultReason> for ClientStopReason {
+    fn from(f: ClientFaultReason) -> ClientStopReason {
+        ClientStopReason::Fault(f)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Response received from the I/O task
diff --git a/upstairs/src/downstairs.rs b/upstairs/src/downstairs.rs
index 0186eaab6..ace077f43 100644
--- a/upstairs/src/downstairs.rs
+++ b/upstairs/src/downstairs.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ use std::{
 
 use crate::{
     cdt,
-    client::{ClientAction, ClientStopReason, DownstairsClient, EnqueueResult},
+    client::{
+        ClientAction, ClientFaultReason, ClientStopReason, DownstairsClient,
+        EnqueueResult,
+    },
     guest::GuestBlockRes,
     io_limits::{IOLimitGuard, IOLimits},
     live_repair::ExtentInfo,
@@ -724,7 +727,7 @@ impl Downstairs {
             self.fault_client(
                 client_id,
                 up_state,
-                ClientStopReason::OfflineDeactivated,
+                ClientFaultReason::OfflineDeactivated,
             );
             return false;
         }
@@ -2621,20 +2624,20 @@ impl Downstairs {
                 self.log,
                 "downstairs failed, too many outstanding jobs {work_count}"
             );
-            Some(ClientStopReason::TooManyOutstandingJobs)
+            Some(ClientFaultReason::TooManyOutstandingJobs)
         } else if byte_count as u64 > crate::IO_OUTSTANDING_MAX_BYTES {
             warn!(
                 self.log,
                 "downstairs failed, too many outstanding bytes {byte_count}"
             );
-            Some(ClientStopReason::TooManyOutstandingBytes)
+            Some(ClientFaultReason::TooManyOutstandingBytes)
         } else if !self.can_replay {
             // XXX can this actually happen?
             warn!(
                 self.log,
                 "downstairs became ineligible for replay while offline"
             );
-            Some(ClientStopReason::IneligibleForReplay)
+            Some(ClientFaultReason::IneligibleForReplay)
         } else {
             None
         };
@@ -2649,7 +2652,7 @@ impl Downstairs {
         &mut self,
         client_id: ClientId,
         up_state: &UpstairsState,
-        err: ClientStopReason,
+        err: ClientFaultReason,
     ) {
         self.skip_all_jobs(client_id);
         self.clients[client_id].fault(up_state, err);
@@ -2713,7 +2716,7 @@ impl Downstairs {
                     self.fault_client(
                         i,
                         up_state,
-                        ClientStopReason::FailedLiveRepair,
+                        ClientFaultReason::FailedLiveRepair,
                     );
                 }
                 DsState::LiveRepairReady => {
@@ -3385,7 +3388,7 @@ impl Downstairs {
                     self.fault_client(
                         client_id,
                         up_state,
-                        ClientStopReason::IOError,
+                        ClientFaultReason::IOError,
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -4331,7 +4334,7 @@ struct DownstairsBackpressureConfig {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) mod test {
-    use super::{ClientStopReason, Downstairs, PendingJob};
+    use super::{ClientFaultReason, Downstairs, PendingJob};
     use crate::{
         downstairs::{LiveRepairData, LiveRepairState, ReconcileData},
         live_repair::ExtentInfo,
@@ -9616,7 +9619,7 @@ pub(crate) mod test {
         ds.fault_client(
             to_repair,
             &UpstairsState::Active,
-            ClientStopReason::RequestedFault,
+            ClientFaultReason::RequestedFault,
         );
         ds.clients[to_repair].checked_state_transition(
             &UpstairsState::Active,
@@ -9785,7 +9788,7 @@ pub(crate) mod test {
         ds.fault_client(
             to_repair,
             &UpstairsState::Active,
-            ClientStopReason::RequestedFault,
+            ClientFaultReason::RequestedFault,
         );
         ds.clients[to_repair].checked_state_transition(
             &UpstairsState::Active,
@@ -9941,7 +9944,7 @@ pub(crate) mod test {
         ds.fault_client(
             to_repair,
             &UpstairsState::Active,
-            ClientStopReason::RequestedFault,
+            ClientFaultReason::RequestedFault,
         );
         ds.clients[to_repair].checked_state_transition(
             &UpstairsState::Active,
diff --git a/upstairs/src/upstairs.rs b/upstairs/src/upstairs.rs
index 5e4d871b6..b087b036e 100644
--- a/upstairs/src/upstairs.rs
+++ b/upstairs/src/upstairs.rs
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ impl Upstairs {
                 self.downstairs.fault_client(
                     client_id,
                     &self.state,
-                    crate::client::ClientStopReason::RequestedFault,
+                    crate::client::ClientFaultReason::RequestedFault,
                 );
                 done.send_ok(());
             }