Index: url.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/curl/curl/lib/url.c,v
retrieving revision 1.789
diff -u -r1.789 url.c
--- url.c	28 Feb 2009 01:11:57 -0000	1.789
+++ url.c	2 Mar 2009 21:48:50 -0000
@@ -2543,6 +2543,22 @@
                                   from the multi */
     }
 
+    if(!pipeLen && !check->inuse) {
+      /* The check for a dead socket makes sense only if there are no
+         handles in pipeline and the connection isn't already marked in
+         use */
+      bool dead = SocketIsDead(check->sock[FIRSTSOCKET]);
+      if(dead) {
+        check->data = data;
+        infof(data, "Connection #%d seems to be dead!\n", i);
+
+        Curl_disconnect(check); /* disconnect resources */
+        data->state.connc->connects[i]=NULL; /* nothing here */
+
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
     if(canPipeline) {
       /* Make sure the pipe has only GET requests */
       struct SessionHandle* sh = gethandleathead(check->send_pipe);
@@ -2666,22 +2682,6 @@
     }
 
     if(match) {
-      if(!pipeLen && !check->inuse) {
-        /* The check for a dead socket makes sense only if there are no
-           handles in pipeline and the connection isn't already marked in
-           use */
-        bool dead = SocketIsDead(check->sock[FIRSTSOCKET]);
-        if(dead) {
-          check->data = data;
-          infof(data, "Connection #%d seems to be dead!\n", i);
-
-          Curl_disconnect(check); /* disconnect resources */
-          data->state.connc->connects[i]=NULL; /* nothing here */
-
-          return FALSE;
-        }
-      }
-
       check->inuse = TRUE; /* mark this as being in use so that no other
                               handle in a multi stack may nick it */