diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index f05a56e597ef..fbc8725c20cb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -726,10 +726,10 @@ static int xs_tcp_send_request(struct rpc_task *task)
 		dprintk("RPC:       sendmsg returned unrecognized error %d\n",
 			-status);
 	case -ECONNRESET:
+	case -EPIPE:
 		xs_tcp_shutdown(xprt);
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ENOTCONN:
-	case -EPIPE:
 		clear_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &transport->sock->flags);
 	}
 out: