diff --git a/net/rds/connection.c b/net/rds/connection.c
index 8b7199f9ae70..3a1b548dcdcb 100644
--- a/net/rds/connection.c
+++ b/net/rds/connection.c
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ void rds_conn_shutdown(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 	 * to the conn hash, so we never trigger a reconnect on this
 	 * conn - the reconnect is always triggered by the active peer. */
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cp->cp_conn_w);
+
+	clear_bit(RDS_RECONNECT_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!hlist_unhashed(&conn->c_hash_node)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();