diff --git a/src/ifmap/client/ifmap_channel.cc b/src/ifmap/client/ifmap_channel.cc
index 84a45434079..83d59ef705b 100644
--- a/src/ifmap/client/ifmap_channel.cc
+++ b/src/ifmap/client/ifmap_channel.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include <sandesh/request_pipeline.h>
 
 const int IFMapChannel::kSocketCloseTimeout = 2 * 1000;
-const uint64_t IFMapChannel::kRetryConnectionMax = 2;
+const uint64_t IFMapChannel::kRetryConnectionMax = 0;
 
 using namespace boost::assign;
 using namespace std;