diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 0030376327b7..86ed778bb18b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2279,13 +2279,14 @@ static void xs_connect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!xprt_lock_connect(xprt, task, transport));
 
-	/* Start by resetting any existing state */
-	xs_reset_transport(transport);
-
-	if (transport->sock != NULL && !RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task)) {
+	if (transport->sock != NULL) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       xs_connect delayed xprt %p for %lu "
 				"seconds\n",
 				xprt, xprt->reestablish_timeout / HZ);
+
+		/* Start by resetting any existing state */
+		xs_reset_transport(transport);
+
 		queue_delayed_work(rpciod_workqueue,
 				   &transport->connect_worker,
 				   xprt->reestablish_timeout);