diff --git a/pkg/cluster/database.go b/pkg/cluster/database.go
index 3ec36bb67..26e29ef56 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/database.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/database.go
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) initDbConnWithName(dbname string) error {
 				return false, err2
 			}
 
-			return false, err
+			// Retry open connection until succeeded.
+			c.logger.Warningf("could not connect to Postgres database: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
 		})
 
 	if finalerr != nil {