1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 159aa8bef9e7..cad0d17ec45e 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -2300,10 +2300,11 @@ restart:
                         mutex_unlock(&con->mutex);
                         return;
                 } else {
-                        con->ops->put(con);
                         dout("con_work %p FAILED to back off %lu\n", con,
                              con->delay);
+                        set_bit(CON_FLAG_BACKOFF, &con->flags);
                 }
+                goto done;
         }
 
         if (con->state == CON_STATE_STANDBY) {