diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index a784e28a..bd16fe1e 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) process(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if isRetryableError(err, true) {
+		if isRetryableError(err, cmd.readTimeout() == nil) {
 			// First retry the same node.
 			if attempt == 0 {
 				continue
diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index d9cfd760..c0e561dd 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/go-redis/redis/internal/pool"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/internal/proto"
 )
 
 func isRetryableError(err error, retryTimeout bool) bool {
 	switch err {
-	case nil, context.Canceled, context.DeadlineExceeded, pool.ErrBadConn:
+	case nil, context.Canceled, context.DeadlineExceeded:
 		return false
 	case io.EOF:
 		return true
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ func isBadConn(err error, allowTimeout bool) bool {
 	switch err {
 	case nil:
 		return false
-	case pool.ErrBadConn:
-		return true
 	}
 	if isRedisError(err) {
 		return isReadOnlyError(err) // #790
diff --git a/internal/pool/bench_test.go b/internal/pool/bench_test.go
index a461c72f..197604cb 100644
--- a/internal/pool/bench_test.go
+++ b/internal/pool/bench_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func BenchmarkPoolGetRemove(b *testing.B) {
 					if err != nil {
 						b.Fatal(err)
 					}
-					connPool.Remove(cn)
+					connPool.Remove(cn, nil)
 				}
 			})
 		})
diff --git a/internal/pool/pool.go b/internal/pool/pool.go
index 1400a8cf..1ac34fbe 100644
--- a/internal/pool/pool.go
+++ b/internal/pool/pool.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Pooler interface {
 
 	Get(context.Context) (*Conn, error)
 	Put(*Conn)
-	Remove(*Conn)
+	Remove(*Conn, error)
 
 	Len() int
 	IdleLen() int
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (p *ConnPool) popIdle() *Conn {
 
 func (p *ConnPool) Put(cn *Conn) {
 	if !cn.pooled {
-		p.Remove(cn)
+		p.Remove(cn, nil)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (p *ConnPool) Put(cn *Conn) {
 	p.freeTurn()
 }
 
-func (p *ConnPool) Remove(cn *Conn) {
+func (p *ConnPool) Remove(cn *Conn, reason error) {
 	p.removeConnWithLock(cn)
 	p.freeTurn()
 	_ = p.closeConn(cn)
diff --git a/internal/pool/pool_single.go b/internal/pool/pool_single.go
index 54d6c4e5..3cee769b 100644
--- a/internal/pool/pool_single.go
+++ b/internal/pool/pool_single.go
@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ const (
 	stateClosed  = 2
 )
 
-var ErrBadConn = fmt.Errorf("pg: Conn is in a bad state")
+type BadConnError struct {
+	wrapped error
+}
+
+func (e BadConnError) Error() string {
+	return "pg: Conn is in a bad state"
+}
+
+func (e BadConnError) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.wrapped
+}
 
 type SingleConnPool struct {
 	pool Pooler
@@ -20,8 +30,8 @@ type SingleConnPool struct {
 	state uint32 // atomic
 	ch    chan *Conn
 
-	level       int32  // atomic
-	_hasBadConn uint32 // atomic
+	level         int32 // atomic
+	_badConnError atomic.Value
 }
 
 var _ Pooler = (*SingleConnPool)(nil)
@@ -66,10 +76,10 @@ func (p *SingleConnPool) Get(c context.Context) (*Conn, error) {
 			if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&p.state, stateDefault, stateInited) {
 				return cn, nil
 			}
-			p.pool.Remove(cn)
+			p.pool.Remove(cn, ErrClosed)
 		case stateInited:
-			if p.hasBadConn() {
-				return nil, ErrBadConn
+			if err := p.badConnError(); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			cn, ok := <-p.ch
 			if !ok {
@@ -95,20 +105,20 @@ func (p *SingleConnPool) Put(cn *Conn) {
 }
 
 func (p *SingleConnPool) freeConn(cn *Conn) {
-	if p.hasBadConn() {
-		p.pool.Remove(cn)
+	if err := p.badConnError(); err != nil {
+		p.pool.Remove(cn, err)
 	} else {
 		p.pool.Put(cn)
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *SingleConnPool) Remove(cn *Conn) {
+func (p *SingleConnPool) Remove(cn *Conn, reason error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if recover() != nil {
-			p.pool.Remove(cn)
+			p.pool.Remove(cn, ErrClosed)
 		}
 	}()
-	atomic.StoreUint32(&p._hasBadConn, 1)
+	p._badConnError.Store(BadConnError{wrapped: reason})
 	p.ch <- cn
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +168,7 @@ func (p *SingleConnPool) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (p *SingleConnPool) Reset() error {
-	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&p._hasBadConn, 1, 0) {
+	if p.badConnError() == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -167,7 +177,8 @@ func (p *SingleConnPool) Reset() error {
 		if !ok {
 			return ErrClosed
 		}
-		p.pool.Remove(cn)
+		p.pool.Remove(cn, ErrClosed)
+		p._badConnError.Store(nil)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("pg: SingleConnPool does not have a Conn")
 	}
@@ -180,6 +191,9 @@ func (p *SingleConnPool) Reset() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *SingleConnPool) hasBadConn() bool {
-	return atomic.LoadUint32(&p._hasBadConn) == 1
+func (p *SingleConnPool) badConnError() error {
+	if v := p._badConnError.Load(); v != nil {
+		return v.(BadConnError)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/pool/pool_sticky.go b/internal/pool/pool_sticky.go
index d2074d23..d4a355a4 100644
--- a/internal/pool/pool_sticky.go
+++ b/internal/pool/pool_sticky.go
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ func (p *StickyConnPool) putUpstream() {
 
 func (p *StickyConnPool) Put(cn *Conn) {}
 
-func (p *StickyConnPool) removeUpstream() {
-	p.pool.Remove(p.cn)
+func (p *StickyConnPool) removeUpstream(reason error) {
+	p.pool.Remove(p.cn, reason)
 	p.cn = nil
 }
 
-func (p *StickyConnPool) Remove(cn *Conn) {
-	p.removeUpstream()
+func (p *StickyConnPool) Remove(cn *Conn, reason error) {
+	p.removeUpstream(reason)
 }
 
 func (p *StickyConnPool) Len() int {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (p *StickyConnPool) Close() error {
 		if p.reusable {
 			p.putUpstream()
 		} else {
-			p.removeUpstream()
+			p.removeUpstream(ErrClosed)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/pool/pool_test.go b/internal/pool/pool_test.go
index e023348c..158c17cd 100644
--- a/internal/pool/pool_test.go
+++ b/internal/pool/pool_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ConnPool", func() {
 			// ok
 		}
 
-		connPool.Remove(cn)
+		connPool.Remove(cn, nil)
 
 		// Check that Get is unblocked.
 		select {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ var _ = Describe("MinIdleConns", func() {
 
 			Context("after Remove", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
-					connPool.Remove(cn)
+					connPool.Remove(cn, nil)
 				})
 
 				It("has idle connections", func() {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ var _ = Describe("MinIdleConns", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
 					perform(len(cns), func(i int) {
 						mu.RLock()
-						connPool.Remove(cns[i])
+						connPool.Remove(cns[i], nil)
 						mu.RUnlock()
 					})
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ var _ = Describe("conns reaper", func() {
 				Expect(connPool.Len()).To(Equal(4))
 				Expect(connPool.IdleLen()).To(Equal(0))
 
-				connPool.Remove(cn)
+				connPool.Remove(cn, nil)
 
 				Expect(connPool.Len()).To(Equal(3))
 				Expect(connPool.IdleLen()).To(Equal(0))
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ var _ = Describe("race", func() {
 				cn, err := connPool.Get(c)
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 				if err == nil {
-					connPool.Remove(cn)
+					connPool.Remove(cn, nil)
 				}
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/internal/util.go b/internal/util.go
index 6e471400..30223fb2 100644
--- a/internal/util.go
+++ b/internal/util.go
@@ -44,3 +44,13 @@ func isLower(s string) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+func Unwrap(err error) error {
+	u, ok := err.(interface {
+		Unwrap() error
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return u.Unwrap()
+}
diff --git a/redis.go b/redis.go
index a20c5568..c7b12ec0 100644
--- a/redis.go
+++ b/redis.go
@@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ func (c *baseClient) _getConn(ctx context.Context) (*pool.Conn, error) {
 
 	err = c.initConn(ctx, cn)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.connPool.Remove(cn)
+		c.connPool.Remove(cn, err)
+		if err := internal.Unwrap(err); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ func (c *baseClient) releaseConn(cn *pool.Conn, err error) {
 	}
 
 	if isBadConn(err, false) {
-		c.connPool.Remove(cn)
+		c.connPool.Remove(cn, err)
 	} else {
 		c.connPool.Put(cn)
 	}
@@ -240,7 +243,7 @@ func (c *baseClient) releaseConnStrict(cn *pool.Conn, err error) {
 	if err == nil || isRedisError(err) {
 		c.connPool.Put(cn)
 	} else {
-		c.connPool.Remove(cn)
+		c.connPool.Remove(cn, err)
 	}
 }