diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 575e63f..488ddee 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@
 	case -ENETUNREACH:
 	case -EHOSTUNREACH:
 	case -ENOBUFS:
+	case -EPIPE:
 		if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task))
 			break;
 		/* retry with existing socket, after a delay */