diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 721bafd95a0f..712412982cee 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,11 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 	case -EALREADY:
 		xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
 		return;
+	case -EINVAL:
+		/* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
+		 * local IPv6 address without a scope-id.
+		 */
+		goto out;
 	}
 out_eagain:
 	status = -EAGAIN;