diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 8d521219480674e7dce71e11cad889d001968347..fff55657e0da888cae09a61ec85b491bc1326614 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -987,14 +987,9 @@ static int conn_connect(struct drbd_tconn *tconn)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (conn_request_state(tconn, NS(conn, C_WF_REPORT_PARAMS), CS_VERBOSE) < SS_SUCCESS)
-		return 0;
-
 	sock->sk->sk_sndtimeo = timeout;
 	sock->sk->sk_rcvtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 
-	drbd_thread_start(&tconn->asender);
-
 	if (drbd_send_protocol(tconn) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -1008,6 +1003,11 @@ static int conn_connect(struct drbd_tconn *tconn)
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	if (conn_request_state(tconn, NS(conn, C_WF_REPORT_PARAMS), CS_VERBOSE) < SS_SUCCESS)
+		return 0;
+
+	drbd_thread_start(&tconn->asender);
+
 	return h;
 
 out_release_sockets:
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index 1132d87fa2845890f4b640f05118c77a486fad38..ecc5e27616682ca99d426dd55d21730eed9fca44 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ __drbd_set_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state ns,
 		drbd_thread_stop_nowait(&mdev->tconn->receiver);
 
 	/* Upon network failure, we need to restart the receiver. */
-	if (os.conn > C_TEAR_DOWN &&
+	if (os.conn > C_WF_CONNECTION &&
 	    ns.conn <= C_TEAR_DOWN && ns.conn >= C_TIMEOUT)
 		drbd_thread_restart_nowait(&mdev->tconn->receiver);