diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index 4b7c5388e0..8b8c135c0e 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ impl Tenant {
         });
     }
 
-    pub async fn wait_to_become_active(&self) -> Result<(), WaitToBecomeActiveError> {
+    pub async fn wait_to_become_active(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut receiver = self.state.subscribe();
         loop {
             let current_state = receiver.borrow_and_update().clone();