diff --git a/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper.go b/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper.go
index 81c3ac2bba..a814b6eaeb 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper.go
@@ -92,3 +92,9 @@ func NewErrWrapper(c Classifier, op string, err error) *ErrWrapper {
 		WrappedErr: err,
 	}
 }
+
+// NewTopLevelGenericErrWrapper wraps an error occurring at top
+// level using the most generic available classifier.
+func NewTopLevelGenericErrWrapper(err error) *ErrWrapper {
+	return NewErrWrapper(ClassifyGenericError, TopLevelOperation, err)
+}
diff --git a/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper_test.go b/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper_test.go
index d7986b82c7..68a643778a 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper_test.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/errorsx/errwrapper_test.go
@@ -102,3 +102,19 @@ func TestNewErrWrapper(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestNewTopLevelGenericErrWrapper(t *testing.T) {
+	out := NewTopLevelGenericErrWrapper(io.EOF)
+	if out.Failure != FailureEOFError {
+		t.Fatal("invalid failure")
+	}
+	if out.Operation != TopLevelOperation {
+		t.Fatal("invalid operation")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(out, io.EOF) {
+		t.Fatal("invalid underlying error using errors.Is")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(out.WrappedErr, io.EOF) {
+		t.Fatal("invalid WrappedErr")
+	}
+}