diff --git a/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c b/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c
index f046d667b5d..ca46fe73774 100644
--- a/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c
+++ b/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c
@@ -778,6 +778,10 @@ static int rpmsg_socket_connect_internal(FAR struct socket *psock)
 
       ret = net_sem_timedwait(&conn->sendsem,
                               _SO_TIMEOUT(conn->sconn.s_sndtimeo));
+      if (!conn->ept.rdev || conn->unbind)
+        {
+          ret = -ECONNRESET;
+        }
 
       if (ret < 0)
         {