diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index bde31159f632..7352aef8a254 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1692,6 +1692,7 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	dprint_status(task);
 
 	trace_rpc_connect_status(task, status);
+	task->tk_status = 0;
 	switch (status) {
 		/* if soft mounted, test if we've timed out */
 	case -ETIMEDOUT:
@@ -1700,12 +1701,14 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ECONNRESET:
 	case -ENETUNREACH:
+		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
+		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
 			break;
-		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
-	case 0:
 	case -EAGAIN:
-		task->tk_status = 0;
+		task->tk_action = call_bind;
+		return;
+	case 0:
 		clnt->cl_stats->netreconn++;
 		task->tk_action = call_transmit;
 		return;