diff --git a/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/mod.rs b/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/mod.rs
index c1728bad74..0cb5cd3951 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/mod.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl<'a> ConnectionManager<'static> {
     async fn handle_new_message(&mut self, msg: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<()> {
         if let ConnectionState::Reconnecting(conn_reconnector) = &mut self.state {
             // do a single poll rather than await for future to completely resolve
-            let new_connection = match futures::poll!(conn_reconnector) {
+            let new_connection = match futures::poll(conn_reconnector).await {
                 Poll::Pending => {
                     return Err(io::Error::new(
                         io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
diff --git a/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/reconnector.rs b/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/reconnector.rs
index f3a14fc6ce..32dd5ad373 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/reconnector.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/connection_manager/reconnector.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ impl<'a> Future for ConnectionReconnector<'a> {
                     "we failed to re-establish connection to {} - {:?} (attempt {})",
                     self.address, e, self.current_retry_attempt
                 );
-                self.current_retry_attempt += 1;
 
                 // we failed to re-establish connection - continue exponential backoff
 
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ impl<'a> Future for ConnectionReconnector<'a> {
                 self.current_backoff_delay.reset(next);
 
                 self.connection = tokio::net::TcpStream::connect(self.address).boxed();
+                self.current_retry_attempt += 1;
 
                 Poll::Pending
             }
diff --git a/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/lib.rs b/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/lib.rs
index 30a4c6da90..4d967f1431 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/multi-tcp-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ impl Client {
             runtime_handle: Handle::try_current()
                 .expect("The client MUST BE used within tokio runtime context"),
             connections_managers: HashMap::new(),
-            initial_reconnection_backoff: config.maximum_reconnection_backoff,
-            maximum_reconnection_backoff: config.initial_reconnection_backoff,
+            initial_reconnection_backoff: config.initial_reconnection_backoff,
+            maximum_reconnection_backoff: config.maximum_reconnection_backoff,
             initial_connection_timeout: config.initial_connection_timeout,
         }
     }