diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8131cd6cf..552e780ee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
      replace the last non-sig_atomic_t flag used in a signal handler with a
      sig_atomic_t, unfortunately with some knock-on effects in other (non-
      signal) contexts in which it is used; ok markus@
+   - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2006/04/20 09:47:59
+     [sshconnect.c]
+     simplify; ok djm@
 
 20060421
  - (djm) [Makefile.in configure.ac session.c sshpty.c]
@@ -4563,4 +4566,4 @@
    - (djm) Trim deprecated options from INSTALL. Mention UsePAM
    - (djm) Fix quote handling in sftp; Patch from admorten AT umich.edu
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4312 2006/04/23 02:08:37 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4313 2006/04/23 02:08:59 djm Exp $
diff --git a/sshconnect.c b/sshconnect.c
index 5cf107794..5f2ad1cfa 100644
--- a/sshconnect.c
+++ b/sshconnect.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.180 2006/03/25 13:17:02 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.181 2006/04/20 09:47:59 markus Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -306,17 +306,14 @@ ssh_connect(const char *host, struct sockaddr_storage * hostaddr,
 		fatal("%s: %.100s: %s", __progname, host,
 		    gai_strerror(gaierr));
 
-	/*
-	 * Try to connect several times.  On some machines, the first time
-	 * will sometimes fail.  In general socket code appears to behave
-	 * quite magically on many machines.
-		 */
-	for (attempt = 0; ;) {
+	for (attempt = 0; attempt < connection_attempts; attempt++) {
 		if (attempt > 0)
 			debug("Trying again...");
 
-		/* Loop through addresses for this host, and try each one in
-		   sequence until the connection succeeds. */
+		/*
+		 * Loop through addresses for this host, and try each one in
+		 * sequence until the connection succeeds.
+		 */
 		for (ai = aitop; ai; ai = ai->ai_next) {
 			if (ai->ai_family != AF_INET && ai->ai_family != AF_INET6)
 				continue;
@@ -343,21 +340,13 @@ ssh_connect(const char *host, struct sockaddr_storage * hostaddr,
 			} else {
 				debug("connect to address %s port %s: %s",
 				    ntop, strport, strerror(errno));
-				/*
-				 * Close the failed socket; there appear to
-				 * be some problems when reusing a socket for
-				 * which connect() has already returned an
-				 * error.
-				 */
 				close(sock);
+				sock = -1;
 			}
 		}
-		if (ai)
+		if (sock != -1)
 			break;	/* Successful connection. */
 
-		attempt++;
-		if (attempt >= connection_attempts)
-			break;
 		/* Sleep a moment before retrying. */
 		sleep(1);
 	}
@@ -365,7 +354,7 @@ ssh_connect(const char *host, struct sockaddr_storage * hostaddr,
 	freeaddrinfo(aitop);
 
 	/* Return failure if we didn't get a successful connection. */
-	if (attempt >= connection_attempts) {
+	if (sock == -1) {
 		error("ssh: connect to host %s port %s: %s",
 		    host, strport, strerror(errno));
 		return (-1);