diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 575e63f6c13e..488ddeed9363 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -ENETUNREACH:
 	case -EHOSTUNREACH:
 	case -ENOBUFS:
+	case -EPIPE:
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
 			break;
 		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index c3b2b3369e52..c5b2916298b0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ static void xprt_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -ECONNABORTED:
 	case -ENETUNREACH:
 	case -EHOSTUNREACH:
+	case -EPIPE:
 	case -EAGAIN:
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u xprt_connect_status: retrying\n", task->tk_pid);
 		break;