diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/tblcmds/import.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/tblcmds/import.go
index d2b20852be..9406956c77 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/tblcmds/import.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/tblcmds/import.go
@@ -557,8 +557,13 @@ func move(ctx context.Context, rd table.SqlRowReader, wr *mvdata.SqlEngineTableW
 
 	err := g.Wait()
 	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		// don't lose the rowErr if there is one
+		if rowErr != nil {
+			return badCount, fmt.Errorf("%w\n%s", err, rowErr.Error())
+		}
 		return badCount, err
 	}
+
 	if rowErr != nil {
 		return badCount, rowErr
 	}
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/1pk5col-ints.bats b/integration-tests/bats/1pk5col-ints.bats
index ccf21e1fe5..66d8c0e963 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/1pk5col-ints.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/1pk5col-ints.bats
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ pk,c1,c2,c3,c4,c5
 1,1,2,3,4,5
 2
 DELIM
+
     run dolt table import test -u badline.csv
     [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
     echo $output
     [[ "${lines[0]}" =~ "Additions: 2" ]] || false
-    [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ "A bad row was encountered" ]] || false
-    [[ "${lines[2]}" =~ "Bad Row: [2]" ]] || false
-    [[ "${lines[3]}" =~ "CSV reader expected 6 values, but saw 1" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "row values" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "CSV reader expected 6 values, but saw 1" ]] || false
 }
 
 @test "1pk5col-ints: import data from a csv file with a bad header" {
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/default-values.bats b/integration-tests/bats/default-values.bats
index 1be7e61d7a..17b8a99c7b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/default-values.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/default-values.bats
@@ -482,9 +482,11 @@ pk,v1,v2
 5,,5
 6,,6
 DELIM
+
     run dolt table import -u test bad-update.csv
     [ "$status" -eq "1" ]
-    [[ "$output" =~ "Bad Row: [5,<nil>,5]" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "bad row" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "[5,<nil>,5]" ]] || false
     [[ "$output" =~ "column name 'v1' is non-nullable but attempted to set a value of null" ]] || false
 }