diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 622dbd046799..43eddc33ed12 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1847,14 +1847,11 @@ static int vsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *addr,
                prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
        }

-       if (sk->sk_err) {
-               err = -sk->sk_err;
+       err = sock_error(sk);
+       if (err) {
                sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
                sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
-       } else {
-               err = 0;
        }
-
 out_wait:
        finish_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 out: