diff --git a/neutron/db/api.py b/neutron/db/api.py
index d85fdcbae5a..513b04ab232 100644
--- a/neutron/db/api.py
+++ b/neutron/db/api.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ MAX_RETRIES = 10
 
 def is_retriable(e):
     if _is_nested_instance(e, (db_exc.DBDeadlock, exc.StaleDataError,
+                               db_exc.DBConnectionError,
                                db_exc.DBDuplicateEntry, db_exc.RetryRequest)):
         return True
     # looking savepoints mangled by deadlocks. see bug/1590298 for details.
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_api.py b/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_api.py
index f22e53491e2..abb318de97f 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_api.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_api.py
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ class TestDeadLockDecorator(base.BaseTestCase):
         e = exc.StaleDataError()
         self.assertIsNone(self._decorated_function(1, e))
 
+    def test_dbconnection_error_caught(self):
+        e = db_exc.DBConnectionError()
+        self.assertIsNone(self._decorated_function(1, e))
+
     def test_multi_exception_contains_retry(self):
         e = exceptions.MultipleExceptions(
             [ValueError(), db_exc.RetryRequest(TypeError())])