diff --git a/pingora-core/src/upstreams/peer.rs b/pingora-core/src/upstreams/peer.rs
index 204ab685..f15550f0 100644
--- a/pingora-core/src/upstreams/peer.rs
+++ b/pingora-core/src/upstreams/peer.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //! Defines where to connect to and how to connect to a remote server
 
 use ahash::AHasher;
-use pingora_error::{BError, Error, ErrorType};
+use pingora_error::{ErrorType, OrErr, Result};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@ impl HttpPeer {
     }
 
     /// Create a new [`HttpPeer`] with the given path to Unix domain socket and TLS settings.
-    pub fn new_uds(path: &str, tls: bool, sni: String) -> Result<Self, BError> {
-        let addr =
-            SocketAddr::Unix(UnixSocketAddr::from_pathname(Path::new(path)).map_err(|e| {
-                Error::because(ErrorType::Custom("invalid path"), "HttpPeer::new_uds", e)
-            })?);
+    pub fn new_uds(path: &str, tls: bool, sni: String) -> Result<Self> {
+        let addr = SocketAddr::Unix(
+            UnixSocketAddr::from_pathname(Path::new(path))
+                .or_err(ErrorType::InternalError, "invalid path")?,
+        );
         Ok(Self::new_from_sockaddr(addr, tls, sni))
     }