From 83fe2170fffa94bfd75c38de22217794335827b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Sprygada <psprygada@ansible.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:42:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updates ensure_connect decorator function

only calls _connect() if _connected is False
---
 lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
index e9fff76ace7..6bc1994b814 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ BUFSIZE = 65536
 def ensure_connect(func):
     @wraps(func)
     def wrapped(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self._connect()
+        if not self._connected:
+            self._connect()
         return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
     return wrapped