diff --git a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/error/TopLevelErrorGenerator.kt b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/error/TopLevelErrorGenerator.kt
index cf6e9152769..9edbc111420 100644
--- a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/error/TopLevelErrorGenerator.kt
+++ b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/error/TopLevelErrorGenerator.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class TopLevelErrorGenerator(private val codegenContext: CodegenContext, private
 
     private fun RustWriter.renderImplFrom(errorSymbol: RuntimeType, errors: List<ShapeId>) {
         if (errors.isNotEmpty() || CodegenTarget.CLIENT == codegenContext.target) {
+            val operationErrors = errors.map { model.expectShape(it) }
             rustBlock(
                 "impl<R> From<#T<#T, R>> for Error where R: Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug + 'static",
                 sdkError,
@@ -106,22 +107,27 @@ class TopLevelErrorGenerator(private val codegenContext: CodegenContext, private
                     "OpError" to errorSymbol,
                 ) {
                     rustBlock("match err") {
-                        val operationErrors = errors.map { model.expectShape(it) }
-                        rustBlock("#T::ServiceError(context) => match context.into_err().kind", sdkError) {
-                            operationErrors.forEach { errorShape ->
-                                val errSymbol = symbolProvider.toSymbol(errorShape)
-                                rust(
-                                    "#TKind::${errSymbol.name}(inner) => Error::${errSymbol.name}(inner),",
-                                    errorSymbol,
-                                )
-                            }
-                            rustTemplate(
-                                "#{errorSymbol}Kind::Unhandled(inner) => Error::Unhandled(#{unhandled}::new(inner.into())),",
-                                "errorSymbol" to errorSymbol,
-                                "unhandled" to unhandledError(),
+                        rust("#T::ServiceError(context) => Self::from(context.into_err()),", sdkError)
+                        rust("_ => Error::Unhandled(#T::new(err.into())),", unhandledError())
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            rustBlock("impl From<#T> for Error", errorSymbol) {
+                rustBlock("fn from(err: #T) -> Self", errorSymbol) {
+                    rustBlock("match err.kind") {
+                        operationErrors.forEach { errorShape ->
+                            val errSymbol = symbolProvider.toSymbol(errorShape)
+                            rust(
+                                "#TKind::${errSymbol.name}(inner) => Error::${errSymbol.name}(inner),",
+                                errorSymbol,
                             )
                         }
-                        rust("_ => Error::Unhandled(#T::new(err.into())),", unhandledError())
+                        rustTemplate(
+                            "#{errorSymbol}Kind::Unhandled(inner) => Error::Unhandled(#{unhandled}::new(inner.into())),",
+                            "errorSymbol" to errorSymbol,
+                            "unhandled" to unhandledError(),
+                        )
                     }
                 }
             }