(tramp-maybe-open-connection): Do not wait for output from a dead connection.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 2fdf63ce351..afe5308a918 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -6482,7 +6482,8 @@ connection if a previous connection has died for some reason."
                  p (processp p) (memq (process-status p) '(run open)))
         (tramp-send-command
          multi-method method user host "echo are you awake" nil t)
-        (unless (tramp-wait-for-output 10)
+        (unless (and (memq (process-status p) '(run open))
+                     (tramp-wait-for-output 10))
           (delete-process p)
           (setq p nil))
         (erase-buffer)))