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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/gen.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/gen.erl
index dc957b4d4e..293cb98ad2 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/gen.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/gen.erl
@@ -159,30 +159,27 @@ call(Process, Label, Request, Timeout)
do_call(Process, Label, Request, Timeout) ->
Mref = erlang:monitor(process, Process),
- %% If the monitor/2 call failed to set up a connection to a
- %% remote node, we don't want the '!' operator to attempt
- %% to set up the connection again. (If the monitor/2 call
- %% failed due to an expired timeout, '!' too would probably
- %% have to wait for the timeout to expire.) Therefore,
- %% use erlang:send/3 with the 'noconnect' option so that it
- %% will fail immediately if there is no connection to the
- %% remote node.
-
- catch erlang:send(Process, {Label, {self(), Mref}, Request},
- [noconnect]),
- receive
- {Mref, Reply} ->
- erlang:demonitor(Mref, [flush]),
- {ok, Reply};
- {'DOWN', Mref, _, _, noconnection} ->
- Node = get_node(Process),
- exit({nodedown, Node});
- {'DOWN', Mref, _, _, Reason} ->
- exit(Reason)
- after Timeout ->
- erlang:demonitor(Mref, [flush]),
- exit(timeout)
- end.
+ %% OTP-21:
+ %% Auto-connect is asynchronous. But we still use 'noconnect' to make sure
+ %% we send on the monitored connection, and not trigger a new auto-connect.
+ try erlang:send(Process, {Label, {self(), Mref}, Request}, [noconnect])
+ catch
+ error:_ -> ok
+ end,
+
+ receive
+ {Mref, Reply} ->
+ erlang:demonitor(Mref, [flush]),
+ {ok, Reply};
+ {'DOWN', Mref, _, _, noconnection} ->
+ Node = get_node(Process),
+ exit({nodedown, Node});
+ {'DOWN', Mref, _, _, Reason} ->
+ exit(Reason)
+ after Timeout ->
+ erlang:demonitor(Mref, [flush]),
+ exit(timeout)
+ end.
get_node(Process) ->
%% We trust the arguments to be correct, i.e