diff --git a/neo4j/internal/router/router.go b/neo4j/internal/router/router.go
index 46458ca1..25b916dc 100644
--- a/neo4j/internal/router/router.go
+++ b/neo4j/internal/router/router.go
@@ -88,27 +88,44 @@ func (r *Router) getTable(database string) (*db.RoutingTable, error) {
 		return dbRouter.table, nil
 	}
 
-	var routers []string
-	if dbRouter != nil {
-		routers = dbRouter.table.Routers
+	var (
+		table *db.RoutingTable
+		err   error
+	)
+
+	// Try last known set of routers if there are any
+	if dbRouter != nil && len(dbRouter.table.Routers) > 0 {
+		routers := dbRouter.table.Routers
+		r.log.Infof(r.logId, "Reading routing table for '%s' from previously known routers: %v", database, routers)
+		table, err = readTable(context.Background(), r.pool, database, routers, r.routerContext)
+	}
+
+	// Try initial router if no routers or failed
+	if table == nil || err != nil {
+		r.log.Infof(r.logId, "Reading routing table from initial router: %s", r.rootRouter)
+		table, err = readTable(context.Background(), r.pool, database, []string{r.rootRouter}, r.routerContext)
 	}
-	if len(routers) == 0 {
-		routers = []string{r.rootRouter}
+
+	// Use hook to retrieve possibly different set of routers and retry
+	if err != nil && r.getRouters != nil {
+		routers := r.getRouters()
+		r.log.Infof(r.logId, "Reading routing table for '%s' from custom routers: %v", routers)
+		table, err = readTable(context.Background(), r.pool, database, routers, r.routerContext)
 	}
 
-	r.log.Infof(r.logId, "Reading routing table for '%s' from any of %v", database, routers)
-	table, err := readTable(context.Background(), r.pool, database, routers, r.routerContext)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Use hook to retrieve possibly different set of routers and retry
-		if r.getRouters != nil {
-			routers = r.getRouters()
-			table, err = readTable(context.Background(), r.pool, database, routers, r.routerContext)
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			r.log.Error(r.logId, err)
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		r.log.Error(r.logId, err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if table == nil {
+		// Safe guard for logical error somewhere else
+		err = errors.New("No error and no table")
+		r.log.Error(r.logId, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// Store the routing table
 	r.dbRouters[database] = &databaseRouter{
 		table:   table,
 		dueUnix: now.Add(time.Duration(table.TimeToLive) * time.Second).Unix(),
diff --git a/neo4j/internal/router/router_test.go b/neo4j/internal/router/router_test.go
index b3d34a1f..4746d7c0 100644
--- a/neo4j/internal/router/router_test.go
+++ b/neo4j/internal/router/router_test.go
@@ -135,6 +135,70 @@ func TestRespectsTimeToLiveAndInvalidate(t *testing.T) {
 	assertNum(t, numfetch, 3, "Should have have fetched")
 }
 
+func TestUsesRootRouterWhenPreviousRoutersFails(t *testing.T) {
+	borrows := [][]string{}
+
+	conn := &connFake{table: &db.RoutingTable{TimeToLive: 1, Routers: []string{"otherRouter"}}}
+	var err error
+	pool := &poolFake{
+		borrow: func(names []string, cancel context.CancelFunc) (poolpackage.Connection, error) {
+			//numfetch++
+			borrows = append(borrows, names)
+			return conn, err //&connFake{table: table}, nil
+		},
+	}
+	nzero := time.Now()
+	n := nzero
+	router := New("rootRouter", func() []string { return []string{} }, nil, pool, logger)
+	router.now = func() time.Time {
+		return n
+	}
+	dbName := "dbname"
+
+	// First access should trigger initial table read from root router
+	router.Readers(dbName)
+	if borrows[0][0] != "rootRouter" {
+		t.Errorf("Should have connected to root upon first router request")
+	}
+	// Next access should go to otherRouter
+	n = n.Add(2 * time.Second)
+	router.Readers(dbName)
+	if borrows[1][0] != "otherRouter" {
+		t.Errorf("Should have queried other router")
+	}
+	// Let the next access first fail when requesting otherRouter and then succeed requesting
+	// rootRouter
+	requestedOther := false
+	requestedRoot := false
+	pool.borrow = func(names []string, cancel context.CancelFunc) (poolpackage.Connection, error) {
+		if !requestedOther {
+			if names[0] != "otherRouter" {
+				t.Errorf("Expected request for otherRouter")
+				return nil, errors.New("Wrong")
+			}
+			requestedOther = true
+			return nil, errors.New("some err")
+		}
+		if names[0] != "rootRouter" {
+			t.Errorf("Expected request for rootRouter")
+			return nil, errors.New("oh")
+		}
+		requestedRoot = true
+		return &connFake{table: &db.RoutingTable{TimeToLive: 1, Readers: []string{"aReader"}}}, nil
+	}
+	n = n.Add(2 * time.Second)
+	readers, err := router.Readers(dbName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if readers[0] != "aReader" {
+		t.Errorf("Didn't get the expected reader")
+	}
+	if !requestedOther || !requestedRoot {
+		t.Errorf("Should have requested both other and root routers")
+	}
+}
+
 // Verify that when the routing table can not be retrieved from the root router, a callback
 // should be invoked to get backup routers.
 func TestUseGetRoutersHookWhenInitialRouterFails(t *testing.T) {