diff --git a/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c b/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
index 405f796a5e2e281ee5a63bf3fed7c14426ac30b4..43d030e7e0b92528c435cfd7b51476599596e47f 100644
--- a/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
+++ b/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
@@ -682,11 +682,11 @@ static SRpcConn *rpcSetupConnToServer(SRpcReqContext *pContext) {
   if (pConn) {
     pConn->ahandle = pContext->ahandle;
     sprintf(pConn->info, "%s %p %p", pRpc->label, pConn, pConn->ahandle);
+    pConn->tretry = 0;
   } else {
     tError("%s %p, failed to set up connection(%s)", pRpc->label, pContext->ahandle, tstrerror(terrno));
   }
 
-  pConn->tretry = 0;
   return pConn;
 }