diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 81f0e03..87ebcaf 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!xprt_lock_connect(xprt, task, transport));
 
-	if (transport->sock != NULL) {
+	if (transport->sock != NULL && !xprt_connecting(xprt)) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       xs_connect delayed xprt %p for %lu "
 			"seconds\n", xprt, xprt->reestablish_timeout / HZ);