diff --git a/net/rds/ib.c b/net/rds/ib.c
index e6ba856710045a08d2f302cc6da11d4879f82600..7eaf887e46f8ef12ffd7d72aeadb7d0e15459851 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ struct rds_transport rds_ib_transport = {
 	.recv_path		= rds_ib_recv_path,
 	.conn_alloc		= rds_ib_conn_alloc,
 	.conn_free		= rds_ib_conn_free,
-	.conn_connect		= rds_ib_conn_connect,
+	.conn_path_connect	= rds_ib_conn_path_connect,
 	.conn_path_shutdown	= rds_ib_conn_path_shutdown,
 	.inc_copy_to_user	= rds_ib_inc_copy_to_user,
 	.inc_free		= rds_ib_inc_free,
diff --git a/net/rds/ib.h b/net/rds/ib.h
index 579de7e6369c999dec098446b094bc88e24fb569..046f7508c06b481bab849d73aa89be47f2e9a411 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.h
+++ b/net/rds/ib.h
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ extern struct list_head ib_nodev_conns;
 /* ib_cm.c */
 int rds_ib_conn_alloc(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp);
 void rds_ib_conn_free(void *arg);
-int rds_ib_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn);
+int rds_ib_conn_path_connect(struct rds_conn_path *cp);
 void rds_ib_conn_path_shutdown(struct rds_conn_path *cp);
 void rds_ib_state_change(struct sock *sk);
 int rds_ib_listen_init(void);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_cm.c b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
index e34ea0b5c16a03d5af1057108287c7161058b4ba..5b2ab95afa072f4970e25bbc856e916fe28187aa 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_cm.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
@@ -685,8 +685,9 @@ int rds_ib_cm_initiate_connect(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int rds_ib_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn)
+int rds_ib_conn_path_connect(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 {
+	struct rds_connection *conn = cp->cp_conn;
 	struct rds_ib_connection *ic = conn->c_transport_data;
 	struct sockaddr_in src, dest;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/net/rds/loop.c b/net/rds/loop.c
index 20284a4dca91990900cdc9d1667133c857123b42..f2bf78de5688a3ee44862fe158bffee4ca94d91a 100644
--- a/net/rds/loop.c
+++ b/net/rds/loop.c
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ static void rds_loop_conn_free(void *arg)
 	kfree(lc);
 }
 
-static int rds_loop_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn)
+static int rds_loop_conn_path_connect(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 {
-	rds_connect_complete(conn);
+	rds_connect_complete(cp->cp_conn);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct rds_transport rds_loop_transport = {
 	.recv_path		= rds_loop_recv_path,
 	.conn_alloc		= rds_loop_conn_alloc,
 	.conn_free		= rds_loop_conn_free,
-	.conn_connect		= rds_loop_conn_connect,
+	.conn_path_connect	= rds_loop_conn_path_connect,
 	.conn_path_shutdown	= rds_loop_conn_path_shutdown,
 	.inc_copy_to_user	= rds_message_inc_copy_to_user,
 	.inc_free		= rds_loop_inc_free,
diff --git a/net/rds/rds.h b/net/rds/rds.h
index 0faca30113706a0889dbae683af7feebea31b8b4..6ef07bd272275de9b31fd19d2782bd0bbc142d52 100644
--- a/net/rds/rds.h
+++ b/net/rds/rds.h
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ struct rds_transport {
 	int (*laddr_check)(struct net *net, __be32 addr);
 	int (*conn_alloc)(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp);
 	void (*conn_free)(void *data);
-	int (*conn_connect)(struct rds_connection *conn);
+	int (*conn_path_connect)(struct rds_conn_path *cp);
 	void (*conn_path_shutdown)(struct rds_conn_path *conn);
 	void (*xmit_path_prepare)(struct rds_conn_path *cp);
 	void (*xmit_path_complete)(struct rds_conn_path *cp);
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 7bc136c66dbeae7f1f0ce3957e65d0fd2ccfefd9..d278432f080b1e332645e5ed623ce1b700355982 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ struct rds_transport rds_tcp_transport = {
 	.recv_path		= rds_tcp_recv_path,
 	.conn_alloc		= rds_tcp_conn_alloc,
 	.conn_free		= rds_tcp_conn_free,
-	.conn_connect		= rds_tcp_conn_connect,
+	.conn_path_connect	= rds_tcp_conn_path_connect,
 	.conn_path_shutdown	= rds_tcp_conn_path_shutdown,
 	.inc_copy_to_user	= rds_tcp_inc_copy_to_user,
 	.inc_free		= rds_tcp_inc_free,
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.h b/net/rds/tcp.h
index 5a5f91abe1deb0dbd4719962716f155a6ddadd9f..1c3160faa96307b321e460b78a87bc693081c6fc 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.h
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct rds_tcp_connection {
 	struct list_head	t_tcp_node;
 	struct rds_conn_path	*t_cpath;
 	/* t_conn_path_lock synchronizes the connection establishment between
-	 * rds_tcp_accept_one and rds_tcp_conn_connect
+	 * rds_tcp_accept_one and rds_tcp_conn_path_connect
 	 */
 	struct mutex		t_conn_path_lock;
 	struct socket		*t_sock;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern struct rds_transport rds_tcp_transport;
 void rds_tcp_accept_work(struct sock *sk);
 
 /* tcp_connect.c */
-int rds_tcp_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn);
+int rds_tcp_conn_path_connect(struct rds_conn_path *cp);
 void rds_tcp_conn_path_shutdown(struct rds_conn_path *conn);
 void rds_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk);
 
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_connect.c b/net/rds/tcp_connect.c
index 7eddce50e7a363218d5e7a6e4ebb4b3e6615d565..c916715fbe6132ce1e3b9c94db62281c1a72a6ff 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_connect.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_connect.c
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ void rds_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 	state_change(sk);
 }
 
-int rds_tcp_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn)
+int rds_tcp_conn_path_connect(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 {
 	struct socket *sock = NULL;
 	struct sockaddr_in src, dest;
 	int ret;
-	struct rds_tcp_connection *tc = conn->c_transport_data;
-	struct rds_conn_path *cp = &conn->c_path[0];
+	struct rds_connection *conn = cp->cp_conn;
+	struct rds_tcp_connection *tc = cp->cp_transport_data;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tc->t_conn_path_lock);
 
-	if (rds_conn_up(conn)) {
+	if (rds_conn_path_up(cp)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&tc->t_conn_path_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int rds_tcp_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn)
 	ret = sock->ops->connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&dest, sizeof(dest),
 				 O_NONBLOCK);
 
+	cp->cp_outgoing = 1;
 	rdsdebug("connect to address %pI4 returned %d\n", &conn->c_faddr, ret);
 	if (ret == -EINPROGRESS)
 		ret = 0;
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ int rds_tcp_conn_connect(struct rds_connection *conn)
 		rds_tcp_keepalive(sock);
 		sock = NULL;
 	} else {
-		rds_tcp_restore_callbacks(sock, conn->c_transport_data);
+		rds_tcp_restore_callbacks(sock, cp->cp_transport_data);
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/net/rds/threads.c b/net/rds/threads.c
index f717b69e03f9c7aa754051757142b581bc3dd669..e8f0941f05487f2c3aec3757478c6bfbac5c292b 100644
--- a/net/rds/threads.c
+++ b/net/rds/threads.c
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ void rds_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	int ret;
 
 	clear_bit(RDS_RECONNECT_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags);
-	if (rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_DOWN, RDS_CONN_CONNECTING)) {
-		ret = conn->c_trans->conn_connect(conn);
+	ret = rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_DOWN, RDS_CONN_CONNECTING);
+	if (ret) {
+		ret = conn->c_trans->conn_path_connect(cp);
 		rdsdebug("conn %p for %pI4 to %pI4 dispatched, ret %d\n",
 			conn, &conn->c_laddr, &conn->c_faddr, ret);