diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c
index 95b8c76f70d0c7fc13a782217312d4b604aec785..3663c5cdb051fe4cdbddbf1a0ad0df89241998c9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ int client_connect_import(const struct lu_env *env,
 
 	rc = ptlrpc_connect_import(imp);
 	if (rc != 0) {
+		if (data && is_mdc)
+			data->ocd_connect_flags &= ~OBD_CONNECT_MULTIMODRPCS;
 		LASSERT(imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_DISCON);
 		goto out_ldlm;
 	}