con->delay = BASE_DELAY_INTERVAL;
                else if (con->delay < MAX_DELAY_INTERVAL)
                        con->delay *= 2;
-               con->ops->get(con);
-               if (queue_delayed_work(ceph_msgr_wq, &con->work,
-                                      round_jiffies_relative(con->delay))) {
-                       dout("fault queued %p delay %lu\n", con, con->delay);
-               } else {
-                       con->ops->put(con);
-                       dout("fault failed to queue %p delay %lu, backoff\n",
-                            con, con->delay);
-                       /*
-                        * In many cases we see a socket state change
-                        * while con_work is running and end up
-                        * queuing (non-delayed) work, such that we
-                        * can't backoff with a delay.  Set a flag so
-                        * that when con_work restarts we schedule the
-                        * delay then.
-                        */
-                       set_bit(CON_FLAG_BACKOFF, &con->flags);
-               }
+               set_bit(CON_FLAG_BACKOFF, &con->flags);
+               queue_con(con);
        }
 
 out_unlock: