diff --git a/src/dbnode/client/errors.go b/src/dbnode/client/errors.go
index 896f1998b4..56ec98e7c2 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/client/errors.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/client/errors.go
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ func IsBadRequestError(err error) bool {
 
 // IsConsistencyResultError determines if the error is a consistency result error.
 func IsConsistencyResultError(err error) bool {
-	_, ok := err.(consistencyResultErr)
-	return ok
+	for err != nil {
+		if _, ok := err.(consistencyResultErr); ok { //nolint:errorlint
+			return true
+		}
+		err = xerrors.InnerError(err)
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // NumResponded returns how many nodes responded for a given error
@@ -117,8 +122,8 @@ func isHostNotAvailableError(err error) bool {
 
 type consistencyResultError interface {
 	error
+	xerrors.ContainedError
 
-	InnerError() error
 	numResponded() int
 	numSuccess() int
 }
diff --git a/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator.go b/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator.go
index 32f3b3aa2d..19c8aecf28 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator.go
@@ -205,8 +205,13 @@ func (accum *fetchTaggedResultAccumulator) accumulatedResult(
 		doneAccumulating := true
 		// NB(r): Use new renamed error to keep the underlying error
 		// (invalid/retryable) type.
+		enqueued := accum.topoMap.HostsLen()
+		responded := enqueued
+		consistencyErr := newConsistencyResultError(accum.consistencyLevel, enqueued, responded,
+			accum.errors)
 		err := fmt.Errorf("unable to satisfy consistency requirements: shards=%d, err=%v",
-			accum.numShardsPending, accum.errors)
+			accum.numShardsPending, consistencyErr)
+		err = xerrors.NewRenamedError(consistencyErr, err)
 		for i := range accum.errors {
 			if IsBadRequestError(accum.errors[i]) {
 				err = xerrors.NewInvalidParamsError(err)
diff --git a/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator_merge_test.go b/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator_merge_test.go
index 0981bf9685..92f0ceb138 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator_merge_test.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/client/fetch_tagged_results_accumulator_merge_test.go
@@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ func (tm testFetchStateWorkflow) run() fetchTaggedResultAccumulator {
 		}
 		assert.Equal(tm.t, s.expectedDone, done, fmt.Sprintf("i=%d, step=%+v", i, s))
 		assert.Equal(tm.t, s.expectedErr, err != nil, fmt.Sprintf("i=%d, step=%+v, err=%v", i, s, err))
+		if err != nil {
+			assert.True(tm.t, IsConsistencyResultError(err),
+				fmt.Sprintf("i=%d, step=%+v, expected consistency result error", i, s))
+		}
 	}
 	return accum
 }