diff --git a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts
index cc587b5770e28..5548b8eefb94a 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ abstract class AbstractExtensionGalleryService implements IExtensionGalleryServi
 		};
 
 		const stopWatch = new StopWatch();
-		let context: IRequestContext | undefined, error: ExtensionGalleryError | undefined, total: number = 0;
+		let context: IRequestContext | undefined, errorCode: ExtensionGalleryErrorCode | undefined, total: number = 0;
 
 		try {
 			context = await this.requestService.request({
@@ -989,9 +989,14 @@ abstract class AbstractExtensionGalleryService implements IExtensionGalleryServi
 			return { galleryExtensions: [], total };
 
 		} catch (e) {
-			const errorCode = isCancellationError(e) ? ExtensionGalleryErrorCode.Cancelled : getErrorMessage(e).startsWith('XHR timeout') ? ExtensionGalleryErrorCode.Timeout : ExtensionGalleryErrorCode.Failed;
-			error = new ExtensionGalleryError(getErrorMessage(e), errorCode);
-			throw error;
+			if (isCancellationError(e)) {
+				errorCode = ExtensionGalleryErrorCode.Cancelled;
+				throw e;
+			} else {
+				const errorMessage = getErrorMessage(e);
+				errorCode = errorMessage.startsWith('XHR timeout') ? ExtensionGalleryErrorCode.Timeout : ExtensionGalleryErrorCode.Failed;
+				throw new ExtensionGalleryError(errorMessage, errorCode);
+			}
 		} finally {
 			this.telemetryService.publicLog2<GalleryServiceQueryEvent, GalleryServiceQueryClassification>('galleryService:query', {
 				...query.telemetryData,
@@ -1000,7 +1005,7 @@ abstract class AbstractExtensionGalleryService implements IExtensionGalleryServi
 				success: !!context && isSuccess(context),
 				responseBodySize: context?.res.headers['Content-Length'],
 				statusCode: context ? String(context.res.statusCode) : undefined,
-				errorCode: error?.code,
+				errorCode,
 				count: String(total)
 			});
 		}