diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index a8b1f3bfdb0b..5d46036f3ad7 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ static void vsock_connect_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_SYN_SENT &&
 	    (sk->sk_shutdown != SHUTDOWN_MASK)) {
 		sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
+		sk->sk_socket->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
 		sk->sk_err = ETIMEDOUT;
 		sk_error_report(sk);
 		vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(vsk);