diff --git a/lib/connection/pool.js b/lib/connection/pool.js
index 5d044c652..2b41a178b 100644
--- a/lib/connection/pool.js
+++ b/lib/connection/pool.js
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function reauthenticate(pool, connection, cb) {
   authenticateAgainstProvider(pool, connection, Object.keys(pool.authProviders), cb);
 }
 
-function connectionFailureHandler(self, event) {
+function connectionFailureHandler(self, event, skipReconnect) {
   return function(err) {
     if (this._connectionFailHandled) return;
     this._connectionFailHandled = true;
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ function connectionFailureHandler(self, event) {
     }
 
     // Start reconnection attempts
-    if (!self.reconnectId && self.options.reconnect) {
+    if (!self.reconnectId && self.options.reconnect && !skipReconnect) {
       self.reconnectId = setTimeout(attemptReconnect(self), self.options.reconnectInterval);
     }
 
@@ -759,9 +759,9 @@ Pool.prototype.connect = function() {
   });
 
   // Add error handlers
-  connection.once('error', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'error'));
-  connection.once('close', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'close'));
-  connection.once('timeout', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'timeout'));
+  connection.once('error', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'error', true));
+  connection.once('close', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'close', true));
+  connection.once('timeout', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'timeout', true));
   connection.once('parseError', connectionFailureHandler(this, 'parseError'));
 
   try {