diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go
index 3ec07198f..e4f11a0f0 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ const (
 // ErrNilNotificationReceiver is returned when notification receiver channel is nil.
 var ErrNilNotificationReceiver = errors.New("nil notification receiver")
 
+// ErrWSConnLost is a WSClient-specific error that will be returned for any
+// requests after disconnection (including intentional ones via
+// (*WSClient).Close).
+var ErrWSConnLost = errors.New("connection lost")
+
 // errConnClosedByUser is a WSClient error used iff the user calls (*WSClient).Close method by himself.
 var errConnClosedByUser = errors.New("connection closed by user")
 
@@ -735,22 +740,22 @@ func (c *WSClient) makeWsRequest(r *neorpc.Request) (*neorpc.Response, error) {
 	select {
 	case <-c.done:
 		c.respLock.Unlock()
-		return nil, errors.New("connection lost before registering response channel")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: before registering response channel", ErrWSConnLost)
 	default:
 		c.respChannels[r.ID] = ch
 		c.respLock.Unlock()
 	}
 	select {
 	case <-c.done:
-		return nil, errors.New("connection lost before sending the request")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: before sending the request", ErrWSConnLost)
 	case c.requests <- r:
 	}
 	select {
 	case <-c.done:
-		return nil, errors.New("connection lost while waiting for the response")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: while waiting for the response", ErrWSConnLost)
 	case resp, ok := <-ch:
 		if !ok {
-			return nil, errors.New("connection lost while waiting for the response")
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: while waiting for the response", ErrWSConnLost)
 		}
 		c.unregisterRespChannel(r.ID)
 		return resp, nil
diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go
index ccd272e3b..f414d4c80 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rpcclient
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ func TestWS_RequestAfterClose(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err = c.GetBlockCount()
 	})
 	require.Error(t, err)
-	require.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "connection lost before registering response channel"))
+	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, ErrWSConnLost))
 }
 
 func TestWSClient_ConnClosedError(t *testing.T) {