diff --git a/src/stub.c b/src/stub.c
index b8ac6710..de8121dd 100644
--- a/src/stub.c
+++ b/src/stub.c
@@ -425,15 +425,14 @@ tcp_connect(getdns_upstream *upstream, getdns_transport_list_t transport)
 	endpoints.sae_srcaddrlen = 0;
 	endpoints.sae_dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&upstream->addr;
 	endpoints.sae_dstaddrlen = upstream->addr_len;
-	if (connectx(fd, &endpoints, SAE_ASSOCID_ANY,  
+	if (connectx(fd, &endpoints, SAE_ASSOCID_ANY,
 	             CONNECT_DATA_IDEMPOTENT | CONNECT_RESUME_ON_READ_WRITE,
-	             NULL, 0, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
-		if (errno != EINPROGRESS) {
-			close(fd);
-			return -1;
-		}
+	             NULL, 0, NULL, NULL) == 0) {
+		return fd;
+	}
+	if (errno == EINPROGRESS) {
+		return fd;
 	}
-	return fd;
 #else
 	(void)transport;
 #endif