diff --git a/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/spi/DefaultDatastoreRpc.java b/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/spi/DefaultDatastoreRpc.java
index 255da4c6e229..64c65f98f55e 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/spi/DefaultDatastoreRpc.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/spi/DefaultDatastoreRpc.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ private static DatastoreException translate(
       }
     }
     return new DatastoreException(
-        exception.getCode().ordinal(), exception.getMessage(), reason, exception);
+        exception.getCode().getNumber(), exception.getMessage(), reason, exception);
   }
 
   @Override