diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 05b1ecf36763..bb8f547fc7d2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2592,6 +2592,7 @@ int tcp_connect(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
+	int err;
 
 	tcp_connect_init(sk);
 
@@ -2614,7 +2615,9 @@ int tcp_connect(struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_wmem_queued += buff->truesize;
 	sk_mem_charge(sk, buff->truesize);
 	tp->packets_out += tcp_skb_pcount(buff);
-	tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 1, sk->sk_allocation);
+	err = tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 1, sk->sk_allocation);
+	if (err == -ECONNREFUSED)
+		return err;
 
 	/* We change tp->snd_nxt after the tcp_transmit_skb() call
 	 * in order to make this packet get counted in tcpOutSegs.