1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tftp.c b/lib/tftp.c
index 509c2ccae..6440f8025 100644
--- a/lib/tftp.c
+++ b/lib/tftp.c
@@ -863,7 +863,9 @@ static CURLcode tftp_connect(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
       return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   }
 
-  conn->bits.close = FALSE; /* keep it open if possible */
+  conn->bits.close = TRUE; /* we don't keep TFTP connections up bascially
+                              because there's none or very little gain for UDP
+                           */
 
   state->conn = conn;
   state->sockfd = state->conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET];