diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/upload_queue.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/upload_queue.rs
index 0b61bc0a10..a5516bb9a9 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/upload_queue.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/upload_queue.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub(super) struct UploadQueueStopped {
 pub(crate) enum NotInitialized {
     #[error("queue is in state Uninitialized")]
     Uninitialized,
-    #[error("queue is in state Stopping")]
+    #[error("queue is in state Stopped")]
     Stopped,
     #[error("queue is shutting down")]
     ShuttingDown,