diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 41648271d5aef68dbdac7a1bb06e1197649b415a..caf51de7710c3fac7f75d37584623f89310eee37 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
           disconnect_conn = TRUE;
         }
         result = CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT;
+        (void)Curl_done(&data->easy_conn, result, TRUE);
         /* Skip the statemachine and go directly to error handling section. */
         goto statemachine_end;
       }