diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index df8037b..d835775 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -5333,10 +5333,9 @@ BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection(char *dbname, char *username)
 {
 	BackgroundWorker *worker = MyBgworkerEntry;

-	/* XXX is this the right errcode? */
 	if (!(worker->bgw_flags & BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION))
 		ereport(FATAL,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
 				 errmsg("database connection requirement not indicated during registration")));

 	InitPostgres(dbname, InvalidOid, username, InvalidOid, NULL);
@@ -5356,10 +5355,9 @@ BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnectionByOid(Oid dboid, Oid useroid)
 {
 	BackgroundWorker *worker = MyBgworkerEntry;

-	/* XXX is this the right errcode? */
 	if (!(worker->bgw_flags & BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION))
 		ereport(FATAL,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
 				 errmsg("database connection requirement not indicated during registration")));

 	InitPostgres(NULL, dboid, NULL, useroid, NULL);