diff -r e4d67989cc36 -r 18f64da82512 genericopenlibs/openenvcore/backend/src/corebackend/usocket.cpp
--- a/genericopenlibs/openenvcore/backend/src/corebackend/usocket.cpp	Tue Feb 02 02:01:42 2010 +0200
+++ b/genericopenlibs/openenvcore/backend/src/corebackend/usocket.cpp	Sat Feb 20 00:31:00 2010 +0200
@@ -1792,7 +1792,10 @@
 			ret = iSocket.Open(*iSockServPtr,iAddrFamily,iStyle,iProtocol);
 		}
 		}
-	iSocketPtr = &iSocket;
+	if(KErrNone == ret)
+		{
+		iSocketPtr = &iSocket;
+		}
 	iConnectInProgress = EFalse;
 	return ret;
 	}