diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 7644c3f627ca..0a08b4b742a3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
  */
 #define RTRS_RECONNECT_SEED 8
 
+#define FIRST_CONN 0x01
+
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RDMA Transport Client");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
@@ -1660,6 +1662,7 @@ static int rtrs_rdma_route_resolved(struct rtrs_clt_con *con)
 		.cid_num = cpu_to_le16(sess->s.con_num),
 		.recon_cnt = cpu_to_le16(sess->s.recon_cnt),
 	};
+	msg.first_conn = sess->for_new_clt ? FIRST_CONN : 0;
 	uuid_copy(&msg.sess_uuid, &sess->s.uuid);
 	uuid_copy(&msg.paths_uuid, &clt->paths_uuid);
 
@@ -1745,6 +1748,8 @@ static int rtrs_rdma_conn_established(struct rtrs_clt_con *con,
 		scnprintf(sess->hca_name, sizeof(sess->hca_name),
 			  sess->s.dev->ib_dev->name);
 		sess->s.src_addr = con->c.cm_id->route.addr.src_addr;
+		/* set for_new_clt, to allow future reconnect on any path */
+		sess->for_new_clt = 1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2662,6 +2667,8 @@ struct rtrs_clt *rtrs_clt_open(struct rtrs_clt_ops *ops,
 			err = PTR_ERR(sess);
 			goto close_all_sess;
 		}
+		if (!i)
+			sess->for_new_clt = 1;
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&sess->s.entry, &clt->paths_list);
 
 		err = init_sess(sess);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.h
index a97a068c4c28..692bc83e1f09 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ struct rtrs_clt_sess {
 	int			max_send_sge;
 	u32			flags;
 	struct kobject		kobj;
+	u8			for_new_clt;
 	struct rtrs_clt_stats	*stats;
 	/* cache hca_port and hca_name to display in sysfs */
 	u8			hca_port;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-pri.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-pri.h
index d5621e6fad1b..8caad0a2322b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-pri.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-pri.h
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ struct rtrs_msg_conn_req {
 	__le16		recon_cnt;
 	uuid_t		sess_uuid;
 	uuid_t		paths_uuid;
-	u8		reserved[12];
+	u8		first_conn : 1;
+	u8		reserved_bits : 7;
+	u8		reserved[11];
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
index e13e91c2a44a..fbe39360ff12 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,8 @@ static void free_srv(struct rtrs_srv *srv)
 }
 
 static struct rtrs_srv *get_or_create_srv(struct rtrs_srv_ctx *ctx,
-					   const uuid_t *paths_uuid)
+					  const uuid_t *paths_uuid,
+					  bool first_conn)
 {
 	struct rtrs_srv *srv;
 	int i;
@@ -1346,12 +1347,20 @@ static struct rtrs_srv *get_or_create_srv(struct rtrs_srv_ctx *ctx,
 			return srv;
 		}
 	}
+	/*
+	 * If this request is not the first connection request from the
+	 * client for this session then fail and return error.
+	 */
+	if (!first_conn) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ctx->srv_mutex);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
+	}
 
 	/* need to allocate a new srv */
 	srv = kzalloc(sizeof(*srv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if  (!srv) {
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->srv_mutex);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&srv->paths_list);
@@ -1386,7 +1395,7 @@ static struct rtrs_srv *get_or_create_srv(struct rtrs_srv_ctx *ctx,
 
 err_free_srv:
 	kfree(srv);
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 static void put_srv(struct rtrs_srv *srv)
@@ -1787,13 +1796,13 @@ static int rtrs_rdma_connect(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id,
 		goto reject_w_econnreset;
 	}
 	recon_cnt = le16_to_cpu(msg->recon_cnt);
-	srv = get_or_create_srv(ctx, &msg->paths_uuid);
+	srv = get_or_create_srv(ctx, &msg->paths_uuid, msg->first_conn);
 	/*
 	 * "refcount == 0" happens if a previous thread calls get_or_create_srv
 	 * allocate srv, but chunks of srv are not allocated yet.
 	 */
-	if (!srv || refcount_read(&srv->refcount) == 0) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(srv) || refcount_read(&srv->refcount) == 0) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(srv);
 		goto reject_w_err;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&srv->paths_mutex);