diff --git a/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/error.rs b/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56e7bd340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+
+/// Result alias for result of a request.
+pub type RequestResult<T> = Result<T, RequestError>;
+
+/// Error variants that can happen when sending requests to a session.
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub enum RequestError {
+    #[error("Closed channel to the peer.")]
+    ChannelClosed,
+    #[error("Not connected to the peer.")]
+    NotConnected,
+    #[error("Capability Message is not supported by remote peer.")]
+    UnsupportedCapability,
+    #[error("Request timed out while awaiting response.")]
+    Timeout,
+}
+
+impl<T> From<mpsc::error::SendError<T>> for RequestError {
+    fn from(_: mpsc::error::SendError<T>) -> Self {
+        RequestError::ChannelClosed
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<oneshot::error::RecvError> for RequestError {
+    fn from(_: oneshot::error::RecvError) -> Self {
+        RequestError::ChannelClosed
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/mod.rs b/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/mod.rs
index a62037e8b..fb351fdc2 100644
--- a/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 /// [`HeadersClient`]: crate::p2p::headers::HeadersClient
 pub mod headers;
 
+/// Error types broadly used by p2p interfaces for any operation which may produce an error when
+/// interacting with the network implementation
+pub mod error;
+
 use futures::Stream;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/fetch.rs b/crates/net/network/src/fetch.rs
index 572154daa..7219681ff 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/fetch.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/fetch.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 //! Fetch data from the network.
 
-use crate::{
-    message::{BlockRequest, RequestResult},
-    NodeId,
-};
+use crate::{message::BlockRequest, NodeId};
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use reth_eth_wire::{BlockBody, EthMessage};
-use reth_interfaces::p2p::headers::client::HeadersRequest;
+use reth_interfaces::p2p::{error::RequestResult, headers::client::HeadersRequest};
 use reth_primitives::{Header, H256, U256};
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/message.rs b/crates/net/network/src/message.rs
index 5c44ac170..43dc28461 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/message.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/message.rs
@@ -13,38 +13,10 @@ use std::task::{ready, Context, Poll};
 
 use crate::NodeId;
 use reth_eth_wire::capability::CapabilityMessage;
+use reth_interfaces::p2p::error::RequestResult;
 use reth_primitives::{Header, Receipt, TransactionSigned};
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, mpsc::error::TrySendError, oneshot};
 
-/// Result alias for result of a request.
-pub type RequestResult<T> = Result<T, RequestError>;
-
-/// Error variants that can happen when sending requests to a session.
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-#[allow(missing_docs)]
-pub enum RequestError {
-    #[error("Closed channel.")]
-    ChannelClosed,
-    #[error("Not connected to the node.")]
-    NotConnected,
-    #[error("Capability Message is not supported by remote peer.")]
-    UnsupportedCapability,
-    #[error("Network error: {0}")]
-    Io(String),
-}
-
-impl<T> From<mpsc::error::SendError<T>> for RequestError {
-    fn from(_: mpsc::error::SendError<T>) -> Self {
-        RequestError::ChannelClosed
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<oneshot::error::RecvError> for RequestError {
-    fn from(_: oneshot::error::RecvError) -> Self {
-        RequestError::ChannelClosed
-    }
-}
-
 /// Represents all messages that can be sent to a peer session
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum PeerMessage {