diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 74f6a70..ecbc4e3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1660,6 +1660,10 @@
 		task->tk_action = call_connect_status;
 		if (task->tk_status < 0)
 			return;
+		if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_NOCONNECT) {
+			rpc_exit(task, -ENOTCONN);
+			return;
+		}
 		xprt_connect(task);
 	}
 }