diff --git a/lib/client/doc.js b/lib/client/doc.js
index 5fbd8b7cc..871c76a0b 100644
--- a/lib/client/doc.js
+++ b/lib/client/doc.js
@@ -1048,7 +1048,11 @@ Doc.prototype._hardRollback = function(err) {
       // This is critical error as it means that our doc is not in usable state
       // anymore, we should throw doc error.
       logger.error('Hard rollback doc fetch failed.', fetchError, inflightOp);
-      doc.emit('error', fetchError);
+
+      doc.emit('error', new ShareDBError(
+        ERROR_CODE.ERR_HARD_ROLLBACK_FETCH_FAILED,
+        'Hard rollback fetch failed: ' + fetchError.message
+      ));
     }
 
     if (err.code === ERROR_CODE.ERR_OP_SUBMIT_REJECTED) {
diff --git a/lib/error.js b/lib/error.js
index 85ccbda42..0715faf38 100644
--- a/lib/error.js
+++ b/lib/error.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ShareDBError.CODES = {
   ERR_OP_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_PROJECTION: 'ERR_OP_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_PROJECTION',
   ERR_OP_SUBMIT_REJECTED: 'ERR_OP_SUBMIT_REJECTED',
   ERR_PENDING_OP_REMOVED_BY_OP_SUBMIT_REJECTED: 'ERR_PENDING_OP_REMOVED_BY_OP_SUBMIT_REJECTED',
+  ERR_HARD_ROLLBACK_FETCH_FAILED: 'ERR_HARD_ROLLBACK_FETCH_FAILED',
   ERR_OP_VERSION_MISMATCH_AFTER_TRANSFORM: 'ERR_OP_VERSION_MISMATCH_AFTER_TRANSFORM',
   ERR_OP_VERSION_MISMATCH_DURING_TRANSFORM: 'ERR_OP_VERSION_MISMATCH_DURING_TRANSFORM',
   ERR_OP_VERSION_NEWER_THAN_CURRENT_SNAPSHOT: 'ERR_OP_VERSION_NEWER_THAN_CURRENT_SNAPSHOT',