diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 684e356b40e4c..c2b2d489b57ba 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2440,6 +2440,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ECONNRESET:
 	case -ENETUNREACH:
+	case -EHOSTUNREACH:
 	case -EADDRINUSE:
 	case -ENOBUFS:
 		/*