diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 6ebd809ef207..f9b4fb92c0b1 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2443,8 +2443,8 @@ static int tipc_wait_for_connect(struct socket *sock, long *timeo_p)
 			return sock_intr_errno(*timeo_p);
 
 		add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
-		done = sk_wait_event(sk, timeo_p,
-				     sk->sk_state != TIPC_CONNECTING, &wait);
+		done = sk_wait_event(sk, timeo_p, tipc_sk_connected(sk),
+				     &wait);
 		remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	} while (!done);
 	return 0;