1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
index 59d20c599b16..9f8ab28bcb60 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ int mei_cl_connect(struct mei_cl *cl, struct file *file)
         mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
 
         if (cl->state != MEI_FILE_CONNECTED) {
+                cl->state = MEI_FILE_DISCONNECTED;
                 /* something went really wrong */
                 if (!cl->status)
                         cl->status = -EFAULT;