diff --git a/net/rds/connection.c b/net/rds/connection.c
index e920c685e4f2..4a9d80d56f56 100644
--- a/net/rds/connection.c
+++ b/net/rds/connection.c
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ void rds_conn_shutdown(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 		if (!rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_UP,
 					      RDS_CONN_DISCONNECTING) &&
 		    !rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_ERROR,
+					      RDS_CONN_DISCONNECTING) &&
+		    !rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_RESETTING,
 					      RDS_CONN_DISCONNECTING)) {
 			rds_conn_path_error(cp,
 					    "shutdown called in state %d\n",
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
index 820d3e20de19..27b6107ddc28 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ void rds_tcp_keepalive(struct socket *sock)
  * socket and force a reconneect from smaller -> larger ip addr. The reason
  * we special case cp_index 0 is to allow the rds probe ping itself to itself
  * get through efficiently.
- * Since reconnects are only initiated from the node with the numerically
- * smaller ip address, we recycle conns in RDS_CONN_ERROR on the passive side
- * by moving them to CONNECTING in this function.
  */
 static
 struct rds_tcp_connection *rds_tcp_accept_one_path(struct rds_connection *conn)
@@ -86,8 +83,6 @@ struct rds_tcp_connection *rds_tcp_accept_one_path(struct rds_connection *conn)
 		struct rds_conn_path *cp = &conn->c_path[i];
 
 		if (rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_DOWN,
-					     RDS_CONN_CONNECTING) ||
-		    rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_ERROR,
 					     RDS_CONN_CONNECTING)) {
 			return cp->cp_transport_data;
 		}