1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ef96568902c5..62f86793b708 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1802,10 +1802,10 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
         case -ECONNABORTED:
         case -ENETUNREACH:
         case -EHOSTUNREACH:
-                /* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
-                rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
                 if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
                         break;
+                /* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
+                rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
         case -EAGAIN:
                 /* Check for timeouts before looping back to call_bind */
         case -ETIMEDOUT: