diff --git a/include/types/session.h b/include/types/session.h
index ef6ad1e0d..46569a571 100644
--- a/include/types/session.h
+++ b/include/types/session.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #define SN_SELF_GEN	0x00000040	/* the proxy generates data for the client (eg: stats) */
 #define SN_FRT_ADDR_SET	0x00000080	/* set if the frontend address has been filled */
 #define SN_REDISP	0x00000100	/* set if this session was redispatched from one server to another */
-/* unused:              0x00000200 */
+#define SN_CONN_TAR	0x00000200	/* set if this session is turning around before reconnecting */
 /* unused:              0x00000400 */
 /* unused:              0x00000800 */
 
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 9d7041fee..d69d8e2ee 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -2488,18 +2488,38 @@ int process_srv(struct session *t)
 			/* timeout, asynchronous connect error or first write error */
 			//fprintf(stderr,"2: c=%d, s=%d\n", c, s);
 
-			fd_delete(t->srv_fd);
-			if (t->srv)
-				t->srv->cur_sess--;
+			if (t->flags & SN_CONN_TAR) {
+				/* We are doing a turn-around waiting for a new connection attempt. */
+				if (!tv_isle(&req->cex, &now))
+					return 0;
+				t->flags &= ~SN_CONN_TAR;
+			}
+			else {
+				fd_delete(t->srv_fd);
+				if (t->srv)
+					t->srv->cur_sess--;
 
-			if (!(req->flags & BF_WRITE_STATUS))
-				conn_err = SN_ERR_SRVTO; // it was a connect timeout.
-			else
-				conn_err = SN_ERR_SRVCL; // it was an asynchronous connect error.
+				if (!(req->flags & BF_WRITE_STATUS))
+					conn_err = SN_ERR_SRVTO; // it was a connect timeout.
+				else
+					conn_err = SN_ERR_SRVCL; // it was an asynchronous connect error.
 
-			/* ensure that we have enough retries left */
-			if (srv_count_retry_down(t, conn_err))
-				return 1;
+				/* ensure that we have enough retries left */
+				if (srv_count_retry_down(t, conn_err))
+					return 1;
+
+				if (req->flags & BF_WRITE_ERROR) {
+					/* we encountered an immediate connection error, and we
+					 * will have to retry connecting to the same server, most
+					 * likely leading to the same result. To avoid this, we
+					 * fake a connection timeout to retry after a turn-around
+					 * time of 1 second. We will wait in the previous if block.
+					 */
+					t->flags |= SN_CONN_TAR;
+					tv_ms_add(&req->cex, &now, 1000);
+					return 0;
+				}
+			}
 
 			if (t->srv && t->conn_retries == 0 && t->be->options & PR_O_REDISP) {
 				/* We're on our last chance, and the REDISP option was specified.