diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1b3119c4..06fd30f5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ where
                     alert,
                     // TODO(eliza): should this really return an `io::Error`?
                     // Probably not...
-                    error: io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, error),
+                    error: io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, error),
                 });
             }
         };