diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ef96568902c5..62f86793b708 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1802,10 +1802,10 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -ECONNABORTED:
 	case -ENETUNREACH:
 	case -EHOSTUNREACH:
-		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
-		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
 			break;
+		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
+		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 	case -EAGAIN:
 		/* Check for timeouts before looping back to call_bind */
 	case -ETIMEDOUT: