diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 059f9aa53..c33f4e709 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
                                   Changelog
 
+Daniel (29 January 2005)
+- Connect failures with the multi interface was often returned as "connect()
+  timed out" even though the reason was different.
+
 Daniel (28 January 2005)
 - KNOWN_BUGS #17 fixed. A DNS cache entry may not remain locked between two
   curl_easy_perform() invokes. It was previously unlocked at disconnect, which
diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 3b40891ad..5cd4c0656 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_connecthost(struct connectdata *conn,  /* context */
 
   if(data->state.used_interface == Curl_if_multi)
     /* don't hang when doing multi */
-    timeout_per_addr = timeout_ms = 0;
+    timeout_per_addr = 0;
 
   /*
    * Connecting with a Curl_addrinfo chain