diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 62a482790937..1efbe48e794f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1926,6 +1926,8 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -EADDRINUSE:
 	case -ENOBUFS:
 	case -EPIPE:
+		xprt_conditional_disconnect(task->tk_rqstp->rq_xprt,
+					    task->tk_rqstp->rq_connect_cookie);
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
 			break;
 		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 685e6d225414..9a6be030ca7d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ void xprt_conditional_disconnect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, unsigned int cookie)
 	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	if (cookie != xprt->connect_cookie)
 		goto out;
-	if (test_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state) || !xprt_connected(xprt))
+	if (test_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state))
 		goto out;
 	set_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
 	/* Try to schedule an autoclose RPC call */
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ void xprt_connect(struct rpc_task *task)
 	if (!xprt_connected(xprt)) {
 		task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
 		task->tk_timeout = task->tk_rqstp->rq_timeout;
+		task->tk_rqstp->rq_connect_cookie = xprt->connect_cookie;
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->pending, task, xprt_connect_status);
 
 		if (test_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state))