diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index 22af53ae8..f80080140 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -58,8 +58,13 @@ RemoteStore::RemoteStore(const Config & config)
 
 ref<RemoteStore::Connection> RemoteStore::openConnectionWrapper()
 {
-    if (failed)
+    if (failed) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        /* Throw Interrupted instead of the following error to silence pesky
+           warning messages that ThreadPool prints on shutdown if other threads
+           failed. */
         throw Error("opening a connection to remote store '%s' previously failed", config.getHumanReadableURI());
+    }
     try {
         return openConnection();
     } catch (...) {