diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index d7a6c10202e99780c8c83d94867893b7c6366167..5bceebd81f642b102ebb85c4a84631e24b6a976d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2078,7 +2078,6 @@ static int tipc_shutdown(struct socket *sock, int how)
 					     TIPC_CONN_SHUTDOWN))
 				tipc_link_xmit_skb(net, skb, dnode,
 						   tsk->portid);
-			tipc_node_remove_conn(net, dnode, tsk->portid);
 		} else {
 			dnode = tsk_peer_node(tsk);