diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 0edada973434..5a1b8fa9ca13 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1798,10 +1798,6 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	trace_rpc_connect_status(task, status);
 	task->tk_status = 0;
 	switch (status) {
-		/* if soft mounted, test if we've timed out */
-	case -ETIMEDOUT:
-		task->tk_action = call_timeout;
-		return;
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ECONNRESET:
 	case -ECONNABORTED:
@@ -1812,7 +1808,9 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
 			break;
 	case -EAGAIN:
-		task->tk_action = call_bind;
+		/* Check for timeouts before looping back to call_bind */
+	case -ETIMEDOUT:
+		task->tk_action = call_timeout;
 		return;
 	case 0:
 		clnt->cl_stats->netreconn++;