diff --git a/tests/hwsim/test_ap_wps.py b/tests/hwsim/test_ap_wps.py
index 32d2e634a..6d9989ad8 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/test_ap_wps.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/test_ap_wps.py
@@ -4418,7 +4418,11 @@ RGV2aWNlIEEQSQAGADcqAAEg
     for i in range(20):
         socks[i] = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM,
                                  socket.IPPROTO_TCP)
-        socks[i].connect(addr)
+        try:
+            socks[i].connect(addr)
+        except:
+            logger.info("connect %d failed" % i)
+            pass
     for i in range(20):
         socks[i].send("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n")
     count = 0