diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index d6e57da56c94..94a653be8e25 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2288,13 +2288,13 @@ call_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ECONNRESET:
 	case -ECONNABORTED:
+	case -ENOTCONN:
 		rpc_force_rebind(clnt);
 		/* fall through */
 	case -EADDRINUSE:
 		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 		/* fall through */
 	case -EPIPE:
-	case -ENOTCONN:
 	case -EAGAIN:
 		break;
 	case -EIO: