diff --git a/pkg/workload/pgx_helpers.go b/pkg/workload/pgx_helpers.go
index b913d1562145..5bbff6266a08 100644
--- a/pkg/workload/pgx_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/workload/pgx_helpers.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func NewMultiConnPool(
 	}
 
 	if err := m.WarmupConns(ctx, cfg.WarmupConns); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		log.Warningf(ctx, "warming up connection pool failed (%v), continuing workload", err)
 	}
 
 	return m, nil