diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
index 4065abe28829f78356c5ee7cd76ffa7b7330b3d5..070c5af28a7519c073f582a419589f475573ddf0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static void iser_connect_error(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id)
 	struct iser_conn *iser_conn;
 
 	iser_conn = (struct iser_conn *)cma_id->context;
-	iser_conn->state = ISER_CONN_DOWN;
+	iser_conn->state = ISER_CONN_TERMINATING;
 }
 
 /**