diff --git a/src/openvpn/multi.c b/src/openvpn/multi.c
index 9bda38b0..cfb34720 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/multi.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/multi.c
@@ -2065,8 +2065,6 @@ multi_client_connect_call_plugin_v1(struct multi_context *m,
                                    &argv, NULL, mi->context.c2.es);
         if (plug_ret == OPENVPN_PLUGIN_FUNC_SUCCESS)
         {
-            multi_client_connect_post(m, mi, ccs->config_file,
-                                      option_types_found);
             ret = CC_RET_SUCCEEDED;
         }
         else if (plug_ret == OPENVPN_PLUGIN_FUNC_DEFERRED)
@@ -2100,6 +2098,13 @@ multi_client_connect_call_plugin_v1(struct multi_context *m,
         {
             ret = CC_RET_DEFERRED;
         }
+
+        /* if we still think we have succeeded, do postprocessing */
+        if (ret == CC_RET_SUCCEEDED)
+        {
+            multi_client_connect_post(m, mi, ccs->config_file,
+                                      option_types_found);
+        }
 cleanup:
         argv_free(&argv);