diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index a8db2e3f89044460741fe41dcb6dcadfd7b2d669..d066aae3cb6df86a1a533d85f3f062d3092be953 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -781,8 +781,15 @@ void xprt_connect(struct rpc_task *task)
 			return;
 		if (xprt_test_and_set_connecting(xprt))
 			return;
-		xprt->stat.connect_start = jiffies;
-		xprt->ops->connect(xprt, task);
+		/* Race breaker */
+		if (!xprt_connected(xprt)) {
+			xprt->stat.connect_start = jiffies;
+			xprt->ops->connect(xprt, task);
+		} else {
+			xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
+			task->tk_status = 0;
+			rpc_wake_up_queued_task(&xprt->pending, task);
+		}
 	}
 	xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
 }