int tcp_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *host_port,
                                  Error **errp)
 {
+    bool in_progress;
+
     s->get_error = socket_errno;
     s->write = socket_write;
     s->close = tcp_close;
 
-    s->fd = inet_connect(host_port, false, NULL, errp);
+    s->fd = inet_connect(host_port, false, &in_progress, errp);
+    if (error_is_set(errp)) {
+        migrate_fd_error(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    if (!error_is_set(errp)) {
-        migrate_fd_connect(s);
-    } else if (error_is_type(*errp, QERR_SOCKET_CONNECT_IN_PROGRESS)) {
+    if (in_progress) {
         DPRINTF("connect in progress\n");
         qemu_set_fd_handler2(s->fd, NULL, NULL, tcp_wait_for_connect, s);
-    } else if (error_is_type(*errp, QERR_SOCKET_CREATE_FAILED)) {
-        DPRINTF("connect failed\n");
-        return -1;
-    } else if (error_is_type(*errp, QERR_SOCKET_CONNECT_FAILED)) {
-        DPRINTF("connect failed\n");
-        migrate_fd_error(s);
-        return -1;
     } else {
-        DPRINTF("unknown error\n");
-        return -1;
+        migrate_fd_connect(s);
     }
 
     return 0;
 
             if (in_progress) {
                 *in_progress = true;
             }
-
-            error_set(errp, QERR_SOCKET_CONNECT_IN_PROGRESS);
         } else if (rc < 0) {
             if (NULL == e->ai_next)
                 fprintf(stderr, "%s: connect(%s,%s,%s,%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,