diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index dc36a46ce0e7..9a65a2f19585 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ static int vsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 			vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(vsk);
 			vsock_remove_connected(vsk);
 			goto out_wait;
-		} else if (timeout == 0) {
+		} else if ((sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED) && (timeout == 0)) {
 			err = -ETIMEDOUT;
 			sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
 			sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;