diff --git a/lib/redis/pipeline.rb b/lib/redis/pipeline.rb
index 99eaf101f..793b32dd9 100644
--- a/lib/redis/pipeline.rb
+++ b/lib/redis/pipeline.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def send_blocking_command(command, timeout, &block)
 
   class MultiConnection < PipelinedConnection
     def multi
-      raise Redis::Error, "Can't nest multi transaction"
+      raise Redis::BaseError, "Can't nest multi transaction"
     end
 
     private