diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgbe/iw_cxgbe/cm.c b/sys/dev/cxgbe/iw_cxgbe/cm.c
index 2097871afabf..aef4a70dbb5d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgbe/iw_cxgbe/cm.c
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgbe/iw_cxgbe/cm.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ int c4iw_connect(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
 	ep->tos = 0;
 	ep->com.local_addr = cm_id->local_addr;
 	ep->com.remote_addr = cm_id->remote_addr;
-	err = soconnect(ep->com.so, (struct sockaddr *)&ep->com.remote_addr,
+	err = -soconnect(ep->com.so, (struct sockaddr *)&ep->com.remote_addr,
 		ep->com.thread);
 
 	if (!err) {