diff --git a/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java b/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
index 039a853db..d1db146cb 100644
--- a/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         if (socketFactory == null) {
             socketFactory = SocketFactory.getDefault();
         }
-        socket = socketFactory.createSocket();
         for (HostAddress hostAddress : hostAddresses) {
             Iterator<InetAddress> inetAddresses = null;
             String host = hostAddress.getFQDN();
@@ -575,6 +574,10 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
                     continue;
                 }
                 innerloop: while (inetAddresses.hasNext()) {
+                    // Create a *new* Socket before every connection attempt, i.e. connect() call, since Sockets are not
+                    // re-usable after a failed connection attempt. See also SMACK-724.
+                    socket = socketFactory.createSocket();
+
                     final InetAddress inetAddress = inetAddresses.next();
                     final String inetAddressAndPort = inetAddress + " at port " + port;
                     LOGGER.finer("Trying to establish TCP connection to " + inetAddressAndPort);