Index: orte/mca/oob/tcp/oob_tcp_peer.c
===================================================================
--- orte/mca/oob/tcp/oob_tcp_peer.c	(revision 15772)
+++ orte/mca/oob/tcp/oob_tcp_peer.c	(working copy)
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@
     if (peer->peer_current_af == af_family && peer->peer_sd > 0) {
         return ORTE_SUCCESS;
     } else if (peer->peer_sd > 0) {
+        int state = peer->peer_state;
         mca_oob_tcp_peer_shutdown(peer);
+        peer->peer_state = state;
     }
 
     peer->peer_sd = socket(af_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);