diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
index 4e721f35ef2..2e4973e982c 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
@@ -77,18 +77,19 @@ func workerClientErrorFrom(err error) (*clienterrors.Error, error) {
 	switch e := err.(type) {
 	case dnfjson.Error:
 		// Error originates from dnf-json
+		reason := fmt.Sprintf("DNF error occurred: %s", e.Kind)
 		switch e.Kind {
 		case "DepsolveError":
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFDepsolveError, err.Error(), e.Reason), nil
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFDepsolveError, reason, e.Reason), nil
 		case "MarkingErrors":
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFMarkingErrors, err.Error(), e.Reason), nil
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFMarkingErrors, reason, e.Reason), nil
 		case "RepoError":
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFRepoError, err.Error(), e.Reason), nil
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFRepoError, reason, e.Reason), nil
 		default:
 			err := fmt.Errorf("Unhandled dnf-json error in depsolve job: %v", err)
 			// This still has the kind/reason format but a kind that's returned
 			// by dnf-json and not explicitly handled here.
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFOtherError, err.Error(), e.Reason), err
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFOtherError, reason, e.Reason), err
 		}
 	default:
 		err := fmt.Errorf("rpmmd error in depsolve job: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go
index 1f1c2ba0470..6c4f5db0b37 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestWorkerClientErrorFromDnfJson(t *testing.T) {
 	clientErr, err := worker.WorkerClientErrorFrom(dnfJsonErr)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	// XXX: this is duplicating the details, see https://github.com/osbuild/images/issues/727
-	assert.Equal(t, clientErr.String(), `Code: 20, Reason: DNF error occurred: DepsolveError: something is terribly wrong, Details: something is terribly wrong`)
+	assert.Equal(t, `Code: 20, Reason: DNF error occurred: DepsolveError, Details: something is terribly wrong`, clientErr.String())
 }
 
 func TestWorkerClientErrorFromOtherError(t *testing.T) {
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ func TestWorkerClientErrorFromOtherError(t *testing.T) {
 	// assume that any "error" we get there is coming from rpmmd, can
 	// we generate a more typed error from dnfjson here for rpmmd errors?
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "rpmmd error in depsolve job: some error")
-	assert.Equal(t, clientErr.String(), `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job: some error, Details: <nil>`)
+	assert.Equal(t, `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job: some error, Details: <nil>`, clientErr.String())
 }
 
 func TestWorkerClientErrorFromNil(t *testing.T) {
 	clientErr, err := worker.WorkerClientErrorFrom(nil)
 	// XXX: this is wrong, it should generate an internal error
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "rpmmd error in depsolve job: <nil>")
-	assert.Equal(t, clientErr.String(), `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job: <nil>, Details: <nil>`)
+	assert.Equal(t, `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job: <nil>, Details: <nil>`, clientErr.String())
 }