diff --git a/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport.cpp b/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport.cpp
index 6560e6c493d..1bc7b4bfca9 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport.cpp
@@ -1386,6 +1386,8 @@ nsSocketTransport::OnStopLookup(nsISupports *aContext,
     // If the lookup failed, set the status...
     if (NS_FAILED(aStatus))
         mStatus = aStatus;
+    else if (PR_IsNetAddrType(&mNetAddress, PR_IpAddrAny))
+        mStatus = NS_ERROR_ABORT;
 
     // Start processing the transport again - if necessary...
     if (GetFlag(eSocketDNS_Wait)) {