diff --git a/lib/ocpp/common/websocket/websocket_plain.cpp b/lib/ocpp/common/websocket/websocket_plain.cpp
index 09557de71..62890eeeb 100644
--- a/lib/ocpp/common/websocket/websocket_plain.cpp
+++ b/lib/ocpp/common/websocket/websocket_plain.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ void WebsocketPlain::on_close_plain(client* c, websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl)
 
 void WebsocketPlain::on_fail_plain(client* c, websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(this->connection_mutex);
+    this->m_is_connected = false;
     this->connection_attempts += 1;
     client::connection_ptr con = c->get_con_from_hdl(hdl);
     const auto ec = con->get_ec();