diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs b/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs
index 5342fff1eb..231b0cb32b 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ impl TrieNodeProvider for ProofTaskTrieNodeProvider {
     fn trie_node(&self, path: &Nibbles) -> Result<Option<RevealedNode>, SparseTrieError> {
         /// Helper to convert `ProviderError` to `SparseTrieError`
         fn provider_err_to_trie_err(e: ProviderError) -> SparseTrieError {
-            SparseTrieErrorKind::Other(Box::new(std::io::Error::other(e.to_string()))).into()
+            SparseTrieErrorKind::Other(Box::new(e)).into()
         }
 
         /// Helper to convert channel recv error to `SparseTrieError`