diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index e78c9209e0b4..a2271da346d3 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,11 @@ static int vsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 	timeout = vsk->connect_timeout;
 	prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-	while (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED && sk->sk_err == 0) {
+	/* If the socket is already closing or it is in an error state, there
+	 * is no point in waiting.
+	 */
+	while (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED &&
+	       sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSING && sk->sk_err == 0) {
 		if (flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
 			/* If we're not going to block, we schedule a timeout
 			 * function to generate a timeout on the connection