1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c
index e01d75d40329..66dacd56bb10 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ int ldc_connect(struct ldc_channel *lp)
         if (!(lp->flags & LDC_FLAG_ALLOCED_QUEUES) ||
             !(lp->flags & LDC_FLAG_REGISTERED_QUEUES) ||
             lp->hs_state != LDC_HS_OPEN)
-                err = -EINVAL;
+                err = ((lp->hs_state > LDC_HS_OPEN) ? 0 : -EINVAL);
         else
                 err = start_handshake(lp);