diff --git a/evpp/TcpClient.h b/evpp/TcpClient.h
index aa3886526..03301a5ee 100644
--- a/evpp/TcpClient.h
+++ b/evpp/TcpClient.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class TcpClientEventLoopTmpl {
             }
             if (connfd < 0) {
                 hloge("createsocket %s:%d return %d!\n", remote_host.c_str(), remote_port, connfd);
+                startReconnect();
                 return connfd;
             }
         }