xprt, (xprt_connected(xprt) ? "is" : "is not"));
 
        if (!xprt_bound(xprt)) {
-               task->tk_status = -EIO;
+               task->tk_status = -EAGAIN;
                return;
        }
        if (!xprt_lock_write(xprt, task))
 
                                req->rq_svec->iov_base,
                                req->rq_svec->iov_len);
 
+       if (!xprt_bound(xprt))
+               return -ENOTCONN;
        status = xs_sendpages(transport->sock,
                              xs_addr(xprt),
                              xprt->addrlen, xdr,
        struct socket *sock = transport->sock;
        int err, status = -EIO;
 
-       if (xprt->shutdown || !xprt_bound(xprt))
+       if (xprt->shutdown)
                goto out;
 
        /* Start by resetting any existing state */
        struct socket *sock = transport->sock;
        int err, status = -EIO;
 
-       if (xprt->shutdown || !xprt_bound(xprt))
+       if (xprt->shutdown)
                goto out;
 
        /* Start by resetting any existing state */
                write_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
        }
 
+       if (!xprt_bound(xprt))
+               return -ENOTCONN;
+
        /* Tell the socket layer to start connecting... */
        xprt->stat.connect_count++;
        xprt->stat.connect_start = jiffies;
        struct socket *sock = transport->sock;
        int err, status = -EIO;
 
-       if (xprt->shutdown || !xprt_bound(xprt))
+       if (xprt->shutdown)
                goto out;
 
        if (!sock) {
        struct socket *sock = transport->sock;
        int err, status = -EIO;
 
-       if (xprt->shutdown || !xprt_bound(xprt))
+       if (xprt->shutdown)
                goto out;
 
        if (!sock) {