diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
index 8a1dd8407a3a..97bf46de8e42 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
@@ -427,10 +427,17 @@ unmask:
 						  server->conn_id, server->hostname);
 	}
 smbd_done:
-	if (rc < 0 && rc != -EINTR)
+	/*
+	 * there's hardly any use for the layers above to know the
+	 * actual error code here. All they should do at this point is
+	 * to retry the connection and hope it goes away.
+	 */
+	if (rc < 0 && rc != -EINTR && rc != -EAGAIN) {
 		cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "Error %d sending data on socket to server\n",
 			 rc);
-	else if (rc > 0)
+		rc = -ECONNABORTED;
+		cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect(server, false);
+	} else if (rc > 0)
 		rc = 0;
 out:
 	cifs_in_send_dec(server);