diff --git a/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c b/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c
index 845a0e68986..1a484da1527 100644
--- a/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c
+++ b/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c
@@ -2014,22 +2014,10 @@ static BOOL WINAPI WS2_ConnectEx( SOCKET s, const struct WS_sockaddr *name, int
     struct afd_connect_params *params;
     void *cvalue = NULL;
     NTSTATUS status;
-    int fd, ret;
 
     TRACE( "socket %#lx, ptr %p %s, length %d, send_buffer %p, send_len %u, overlapped %p\n",
            s, name, debugstr_sockaddr(name), namelen, send_buffer, send_len, overlapped );
 
-    if ((fd = get_sock_fd( s, FILE_READ_DATA, NULL )) == -1)
-        return FALSE;
-
-    if ((ret = is_fd_bound( fd, NULL, NULL )) <= 0)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ret ? wsaErrno() : WSAEINVAL );
-        release_sock_fd( s, fd );
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-    release_sock_fd( s, fd );
-
     if (!overlapped)
     {
         SetLastError( WSA_INVALID_PARAMETER );
diff --git a/server/sock.c b/server/sock.c
index 88f6e4ac9fd..bb0d13d9e6c 100644
--- a/server/sock.c
+++ b/server/sock.c
@@ -2126,6 +2126,12 @@ static int sock_ioctl( struct fd *fd, ioctl_code_t code, struct async *async )
         send_len = get_req_data_size() - sizeof(*params) - params->addr_len;
         addr = (const struct WS_sockaddr *)(params + 1);
 
+        if (!params->synchronous && !sock->bound)
+        {
+            set_error( STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER );
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         if (sock->accept_recv_req)
         {
             set_error( STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER );