diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/BinaryLogClient.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/BinaryLogClient.java
index ce8a1abd..2fe57f53 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/BinaryLogClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shyiko/mysql/binlog/BinaryLogClient.java
@@ -647,14 +647,19 @@ public Object call() throws Exception {
         };
     }
 
-    private GreetingPacket receiveGreeting() throws IOException {
-        byte[] initialHandshakePacket = channel.read();
-        if (initialHandshakePacket[0] == (byte) 0xFF /* error */) {
-            byte[] bytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(initialHandshakePacket, 1, initialHandshakePacket.length);
+    private void checkError(byte[] packet) throws IOException {
+        if (packet[0] == (byte) 0xFF /* error */) {
+            byte[] bytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(packet, 1, packet.length);
             ErrorPacket errorPacket = new ErrorPacket(bytes);
             throw new ServerException(errorPacket.getErrorMessage(), errorPacket.getErrorCode(),
-                    errorPacket.getSqlState());
+                errorPacket.getSqlState());
         }
+    }
+
+    private GreetingPacket receiveGreeting() throws IOException {
+        byte[] initialHandshakePacket = channel.read();
+        checkError(initialHandshakePacket);
+
         return new GreetingPacket(initialHandshakePacket);
     }
 
@@ -690,12 +695,7 @@ private boolean tryUpgradeToSSL(GreetingPacket greetingPacket) throws IOExceptio
     private void enableHeartbeat() throws IOException {
         channel.write(new QueryCommand("set @master_heartbeat_period=" + heartbeatInterval * 1000000));
         byte[] statementResult = channel.read();
-        if (statementResult[0] == (byte) 0xFF /* error */) {
-            byte[] bytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(statementResult, 1, statementResult.length);
-            ErrorPacket errorPacket = new ErrorPacket(bytes);
-            throw new ServerException(errorPacket.getErrorMessage(), errorPacket.getErrorCode(),
-                errorPacket.getSqlState());
-        }
+        checkError(statementResult);
     }
 
     private void setMasterServerId() throws IOException {
@@ -904,12 +904,7 @@ private ChecksumType fetchBinlogChecksum() throws IOException {
     private void confirmSupportOfChecksum(ChecksumType checksumType) throws IOException {
         channel.write(new QueryCommand("set @master_binlog_checksum= @@global.binlog_checksum"));
         byte[] statementResult = channel.read();
-        if (statementResult[0] == (byte) 0xFF /* error */) {
-            byte[] bytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(statementResult, 1, statementResult.length);
-            ErrorPacket errorPacket = new ErrorPacket(bytes);
-            throw new ServerException(errorPacket.getErrorMessage(), errorPacket.getErrorCode(),
-                errorPacket.getSqlState());
-        }
+        checkError(statementResult);
         eventDeserializer.setChecksumType(checksumType);
     }
 
@@ -1051,16 +1046,13 @@ private void commitGtid() {
     }
 
     private ResultSetRowPacket[] readResultSet() throws IOException {
-        List<ResultSetRowPacket> resultSet = new LinkedList<ResultSetRowPacket>();
+        List<ResultSetRowPacket> resultSet = new LinkedList<>();
         byte[] statementResult = channel.read();
-        if (statementResult[0] == (byte) 0xFF /* error */) {
-            byte[] bytes = Arrays.copyOfRange(statementResult, 1, statementResult.length);
-            ErrorPacket errorPacket = new ErrorPacket(bytes);
-            throw new ServerException(errorPacket.getErrorMessage(), errorPacket.getErrorCode(),
-                    errorPacket.getSqlState());
-        }
+        checkError(statementResult);
+
         while ((channel.read())[0] != (byte) 0xFE /* eof */) { /* skip */ }
         for (byte[] bytes; (bytes = channel.read())[0] != (byte) 0xFE /* eof */; ) {
+            checkError(bytes);
             resultSet.add(new ResultSetRowPacket(bytes));
         }
         return resultSet.toArray(new ResultSetRowPacket[resultSet.size()]);