diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index e0f27093b385..66e637a08138 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -1878,6 +1878,17 @@ int io_connect(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 			if (connect->seen_econnaborted)
 				goto out;
 			connect->seen_econnaborted = true;
+		} else if (req->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+			/*
+			 * __sys_connect_file() adds O_NONBLOCK from the socket
+			 * to every attempt, so a retry from io-wq fails with
+			 * -EAGAIN as well. A poll on the socket doesn't wait
+			 * until a retry can succeed. For example, an AF_UNIX
+			 * client reports EPOLLOUT right away while the
+			 * listener's backlog is full. Complete the request
+			 * with -EAGAIN, like connect(2) does.
+			 */
+			goto out;
 		}
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}