diff --git a/source/common/tcp/conn_pool.cc b/source/common/tcp/conn_pool.cc
index ed3332d8afef..ee18b337a59e 100644
--- a/source/common/tcp/conn_pool.cc
+++ b/source/common/tcp/conn_pool.cc
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ void ActiveTcpClient::clearCallbacks() {
 
 void ActiveTcpClient::onEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent event) {
   Envoy::ConnectionPool::ActiveClient::onEvent(event);
-  // Do not pass the Connected event to TCP proxy sessions.
-  // The tcp proxy filter synthesizes its own Connected event in onPoolReadyBase
-  // and receiving it twice causes problems.
-  // TODO(alyssawilk) clean this up in a follow-up. It's confusing.
+  // Do not pass the Connected event to any session which registered during onEvent above.
+  // Consumers of connection pool connections assume they are receiving already connected
+  // connections.
   if (callbacks_ && event != Network::ConnectionEvent::Connected) {
     callbacks_->onEvent(event);
     // After receiving a disconnect event, the owner of callbacks_ will likely self-destruct.
diff --git a/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.cc b/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.cc
index 5aa4b9d64cc4..91abf2f82e5a 100644
--- a/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.cc
+++ b/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.cc
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ void Filter::DownstreamCallbacks::onBelowWriteBufferLowWatermark() {
 }
 
 void Filter::UpstreamCallbacks::onEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent event) {
+  if (event == Network::ConnectionEvent::Connected) {
+    return;
+  }
   if (drainer_ == nullptr) {
     parent_->onUpstreamEvent(event);
   } else {
@@ -505,8 +508,7 @@ void Filter::onPoolReadyBase(Upstream::HostDescriptionConstSharedPtr& host,
   getStreamInfo().onUpstreamHostSelected(host);
   getStreamInfo().setUpstreamLocalAddress(local_address);
   getStreamInfo().setUpstreamSslConnection(ssl_info);
-  // Simulate the event that onPoolReady represents.
-  upstream_callbacks_->onEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent::Connected);
+  onUpstreamConnection();
   read_callbacks_->continueReading();
 }
 
@@ -637,31 +639,34 @@ void Filter::onUpstreamEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent event) {
         read_callbacks_->connection().close(Network::ConnectionCloseType::FlushWrite);
       }
     }
-  } else if (event == Network::ConnectionEvent::Connected) {
-    // Re-enable downstream reads now that the upstream connection is established
-    // so we have a place to send downstream data to.
-    read_callbacks_->connection().readDisable(false);
-
-    read_callbacks_->upstreamHost()->outlierDetector().putResult(
-        Upstream::Outlier::Result::LocalOriginConnectSuccessFinal);
-
-    getStreamInfo().setRequestedServerName(read_callbacks_->connection().requestedServerName());
-    ENVOY_LOG(debug, "TCP:onUpstreamEvent(), requestedServerName: {}",
-              getStreamInfo().requestedServerName());
-
-    if (config_->idleTimeout()) {
-      // The idle_timer_ can be moved to a Drainer, so related callbacks call into
-      // the UpstreamCallbacks, which has the same lifetime as the timer, and can dispatch
-      // the call to either TcpProxy or to Drainer, depending on the current state.
-      idle_timer_ = read_callbacks_->connection().dispatcher().createTimer(
-          [upstream_callbacks = upstream_callbacks_]() { upstream_callbacks->onIdleTimeout(); });
-      resetIdleTimer();
-      read_callbacks_->connection().addBytesSentCallback([this](uint64_t) { resetIdleTimer(); });
-      if (upstream_) {
-        upstream_->addBytesSentCallback([upstream_callbacks = upstream_callbacks_](uint64_t) {
-          upstream_callbacks->onBytesSent();
-        });
-      }
+  }
+}
+
+void Filter::onUpstreamConnection() {
+  connecting_ = false;
+  // Re-enable downstream reads now that the upstream connection is established
+  // so we have a place to send downstream data to.
+  read_callbacks_->connection().readDisable(false);
+
+  read_callbacks_->upstreamHost()->outlierDetector().putResult(
+      Upstream::Outlier::Result::LocalOriginConnectSuccessFinal);
+
+  getStreamInfo().setRequestedServerName(read_callbacks_->connection().requestedServerName());
+  ENVOY_LOG(debug, "TCP:onUpstreamEvent(), requestedServerName: {}",
+            getStreamInfo().requestedServerName());
+
+  if (config_->idleTimeout()) {
+    // The idle_timer_ can be moved to a Drainer, so related callbacks call into
+    // the UpstreamCallbacks, which has the same lifetime as the timer, and can dispatch
+    // the call to either TcpProxy or to Drainer, depending on the current state.
+    idle_timer_ = read_callbacks_->connection().dispatcher().createTimer(
+        [upstream_callbacks = upstream_callbacks_]() { upstream_callbacks->onIdleTimeout(); });
+    resetIdleTimer();
+    read_callbacks_->connection().addBytesSentCallback([this](uint64_t) { resetIdleTimer(); });
+    if (upstream_) {
+      upstream_->addBytesSentCallback([upstream_callbacks = upstream_callbacks_](uint64_t) {
+        upstream_callbacks->onBytesSent();
+      });
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.h b/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.h
index 1bb73ddd377f..b1abf95cc247 100644
--- a/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.h
+++ b/source/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ class Filter : public Network::ReadFilter,
   void onDownstreamEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent event);
   void onUpstreamData(Buffer::Instance& data, bool end_stream);
   void onUpstreamEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent event);
+  void onUpstreamConnection();
   void onIdleTimeout();
   void resetIdleTimer();
   void disableIdleTimer();
diff --git a/test/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy_test.cc b/test/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy_test.cc
index 817b87a6c01a..20961c086b3d 100644
--- a/test/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/tcp_proxy/tcp_proxy_test.cc
@@ -1146,6 +1146,15 @@ TEST_F(TcpProxyTest, DEPRECATED_FEATURE_TEST(ConnectAttemptsLimit)) {
   EXPECT_EQ(access_log_data_, "UF,URX");
 }
 
+TEST_F(TcpProxyTest, ConnectedNoOp) {
+  setup(1);
+  raiseEventUpstreamConnected(0);
+
+  upstream_callbacks_->onEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent::Connected);
+
+  filter_callbacks_.connection_.raiseEvent(Network::ConnectionEvent::RemoteClose);
+}
+
 // Test that the tcp proxy sends the correct notifications to the outlier detector
 TEST_F(TcpProxyTest, OutlierDetection) {
   envoy::extensions::filters::network::tcp_proxy::v3::TcpProxy config = defaultConfig();