dprint_status(task);
 
        task->tk_status = 0;
-       if (status >= 0) {
+       if (status >= 0 || status == -EAGAIN) {
                clnt->cl_stats->netreconn++;
                task->tk_action = call_transmit;
                return;
        }
 
-       /* Something failed: remote service port may have changed */
-       rpc_force_rebind(clnt);
-
        switch (status) {
-       case -ENOTCONN:
-       case -EAGAIN:
-               task->tk_action = call_bind;
-               if (!RPC_IS_SOFT(task))
-                       return;
                /* if soft mounted, test if we've timed out */
        case -ETIMEDOUT:
                task->tk_action = call_timeout;
-               return;
+               break;
+       default:
+               rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
        }
-       rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
 }
 
 /*
 
        dprintk("RPC:       disconnected transport %p\n", xprt);
        spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
        xprt_clear_connected(xprt);
-       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -ENOTCONN);
+       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -EAGAIN);
        spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_disconnect_done);
        /* Try to schedule an autoclose RPC call */
        if (test_and_set_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->state) == 0)
                queue_work(rpciod_workqueue, &xprt->task_cleanup);
-       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -ENOTCONN);
+       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -EAGAIN);
        spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 }
 
        /* Try to schedule an autoclose RPC call */
        if (test_and_set_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->state) == 0)
                queue_work(rpciod_workqueue, &xprt->task_cleanup);
-       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -ENOTCONN);
+       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -EAGAIN);
 out:
        spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 }
        }
 
        switch (task->tk_status) {
-       case -ENOTCONN:
-               dprintk("RPC: %5u xprt_connect_status: connection broken\n",
-                               task->tk_pid);
+       case -EAGAIN:
+               dprintk("RPC: %5u xprt_connect_status: retrying\n", task->tk_pid);
                break;
        case -ETIMEDOUT:
                dprintk("RPC: %5u xprt_connect_status: connect attempt timed "
                err = req->rq_received;
                goto out_unlock;
        }
-       if (!xprt->ops->reserve_xprt(task)) {
+       if (!xprt->ops->reserve_xprt(task))
                err = -EAGAIN;
-               goto out_unlock;
-       }
-
-       if (!xprt_connected(xprt)) {
-               err = -ENOTCONN;
-               goto out_unlock;
-       }
 out_unlock:
        spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
        return err;
 
                        transport->tcp_flags =
                                TCP_RCV_COPY_FRAGHDR | TCP_RCV_COPY_XID;
 
-                       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, 0);
+                       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -EAGAIN);
                }
                spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
                break;
        dprintk("RPC:       %p connect status %d connected %d sock state %d\n",
                        xprt, -status, xprt_connected(xprt),
                        sock->sk->sk_state);
-       if (status < 0) {
-               switch (status) {
-                       case -EINPROGRESS:
-                       case -EALREADY:
-                               goto out_clear;
-                       case -ECONNREFUSED:
-                       case -ECONNRESET:
-                               /* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
-                               break;
-                       default:
-                               /* get rid of existing socket, and retry */
-                               xs_tcp_shutdown(xprt);
-               }
+       switch (status) {
+       case 0:
+       case -EINPROGRESS:
+       case -EALREADY:
+               goto out_clear;
+       case -ECONNREFUSED:
+       case -ECONNRESET:
+               /* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
+               break;
+       default:
+               /* get rid of existing socket, and retry */
+               xs_tcp_shutdown(xprt);
+               printk("%s: connect returned unhandled error %d\n",
+                               __func__, status);
        }
+       status = -EAGAIN;
 out:
        xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
 out_clear:
        status = xs_tcp_finish_connecting(xprt, sock);
        dprintk("RPC:       %p connect status %d connected %d sock state %d\n",
                        xprt, -status, xprt_connected(xprt), sock->sk->sk_state);
-       if (status < 0) {
-               switch (status) {
-                       case -EINPROGRESS:
-                       case -EALREADY:
-                               goto out_clear;
-                       case -ECONNREFUSED:
-                       case -ECONNRESET:
-                               /* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
-                               break;
-                       default:
-                               /* get rid of existing socket, and retry */
-                               xs_tcp_shutdown(xprt);
-               }
+       switch (status) {
+       case 0:
+       case -EINPROGRESS:
+       case -EALREADY:
+               goto out_clear;
+       case -ECONNREFUSED:
+       case -ECONNRESET:
+               /* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
+               break;
+       default:
+               /* get rid of existing socket, and retry */
+               xs_tcp_shutdown(xprt);
+               printk("%s: connect returned unhandled error %d\n",
+                               __func__, status);
        }
+       status = -EAGAIN;
 out:
        xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
 out_clear: