diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EventPumper.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EventPumper.java
index 17401ba7a..7058eaebc 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EventPumper.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EventPumper.java
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class EventPumper implements Runnable {
                 // Same stat as in processConnect()
                 _context.statManager().addRateData("ntcp.connectFailedTimeoutIOE", 1);
                 RouterIdentity rem = con.getRemotePeer();
-                if (rem != null)
+                if (rem != null && !con.isInbound())
                     _transport.markUnreachable(rem.calculateHash());
             }
             con.close();