diff --git a/cmd/utils/cmd.go b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
index 3cb97ff947..2a20f65ad5 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func ImportChain(chain *core.BlockChain, fn string) error {
 		}
 		// Import the batch.
 		if checkInterrupt() {
-			return errors.New("interrupted")
+			return ErrImportInterrupted
 		}
 		missing := missingBlocks(chain, blocks[:i])
 		if len(missing) == 0 {