diff --git a/packages/pg-cloudflare/src/index.ts b/packages/pg-cloudflare/src/index.ts
index 527b433f5..911c1cde9 100644
--- a/packages/pg-cloudflare/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pg-cloudflare/src/index.ts
@@ -87,22 +87,30 @@ export class CloudflareSocket extends EventEmitter {
   write(
     data: Uint8Array | string,
     encodingOrCallback: BufferEncoding | ((error?: unknown) => void) = 'utf8',
-    callback: (error?: unknown) => void = () => {}
+    callback?: (error?: unknown) => void
   ): true | void {
     const encoding = typeof encodingOrCallback === 'function' ? 'utf8' : encodingOrCallback
     if (typeof encodingOrCallback === 'function') callback = encodingOrCallback
-    if (data.length === 0) return callback()
+    if (data.length === 0) return callback?.()
     if (typeof data === 'string') data = Buffer.from(data, encoding)
 
     log('sending data direct:', data)
     this._cfWriter!.write(data).then(
       () => {
         log('data sent')
-        callback()
+        callback?.()
       },
       (err) => {
         log('send error', err)
-        callback(err)
+        // `Connection._send()` writes without a callback, so a rejected write has
+        // nowhere to be reported: the query hangs until the socket closes and the
+        // real reason is lost behind "Connection terminated unexpectedly". Emit
+        // the failure like a net.Socket would so the connection can report it.
+        if (callback) {
+          callback(err)
+        } else {
+          this.emit('error', err)
+        }
       }
     )
     return true
diff --git a/packages/pg-esm-test/pg-cloudflare.test.js b/packages/pg-esm-test/pg-cloudflare.test.js
index 683229158..0a425ccc5 100644
--- a/packages/pg-esm-test/pg-cloudflare.test.js
+++ b/packages/pg-esm-test/pg-cloudflare.test.js
@@ -38,6 +38,34 @@ describe('pg-cloudflare', () => {
     await promise
   })
 
+  it('should emit error when a write without a callback fails', async () => {
+    const socket = new CloudflareSocket()
+    const writeError = new Error('write failed')
+    socket._cfWriter = { write: () => Promise.reject(writeError) }
+
+    const emitted = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('error event was not emitted')), 100)
+      socket.once('error', (error) => {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        resolve(error)
+      })
+      socket.write(Buffer.from('x'))
+    })
+
+    assert.equal(await emitted, writeError)
+  })
+
+  it('should report a failed write to the callback rather than emitting error', async () => {
+    const socket = new CloudflareSocket()
+    const writeError = new Error('write failed')
+    socket._cfWriter = { write: () => Promise.reject(writeError) }
+    socket.once('error', () => assert.fail('error event was emitted despite a callback'))
+
+    const reported = await new Promise((resolve) => socket.write(Buffer.from('x'), resolve))
+
+    assert.equal(reported, writeError)
+  })
+
   it('should emit close when ending a socket whose closed promise never settles', async () => {
     const socket = new CloudflareSocket()
     socket._cfSocket = {